Validation of researcher/ made ergonomical assessment test for Freestyle wrestling skills

According to the effectiveness and low cost of prevention, ergonomic assessment methods as a means to predict the potential occurrence of injury are being used. The aim of present research was to assess validity and reliability of researcher/ made Ergonomic assessment test for freestyle wrestling skills.
in this research, According to the Jobs Ergonomic evaluation tests and wrestling pathology research, ergonomic evaluation test for wrestling skills (WSEAtest) was designed. Content and face validity were proved by using the opinions of Sports biomechanics and pathology experts, and physicians, physiotherapists, trainers and wrestlers of Freestyle national team. Also, Test was performed on three skills on two different days by 5 examiners using software kinovea 0.8.15 and Intra and inter-tester reliability, were calculated. After The Validation, WSEAtest was performed on movies of four selected skills of Iranian freestyle wrestlers in London 2012 Olympic games.
The injury exposure in various parts of body, traumatic factors related to the collisions and loads, and the athlete and environment conditions was consistent with wrestling Pathological Research and confirmed the validity of the test results.
WSEA test has good validity and reliability and trainers, specialists, and sports therapists can use this test to assess traumatic factors and identify priorities for training, corrective exercises in different wrestling levels, and the ages use.