Surveying Etiologies of Probable Sports-Combat Injuries in Female Police Students

The goal of this study is to investigate underlying etiologies of probable sport and combat injuries in female students at levels of Associate degree and Bachelor of science at Police education institution for women; and to compare types of injuries based on anatomical location of injury; and to investigate the probable factors mediating injury during military-combat education.
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Study sample consisted of 98 official female Police students. This study used Demographics data, Nordic questionnaire, physical examination and the physical fitness test results at the onset and end of military-sport education course. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software (AWT IMAGE=0.05).
End results show that at the course’s end, 79 of subjects had diminished heath status in at least one part of musculoskeletal system in comparison with the onset. Instances of injuries were correspondingly more frequent in spine, lower limb, and upper limb. Knee injury was the most prevalent injury in first year of education; but in next years and at the end, lumbar injuries were most prevalent. Facilitating factors in descending order included: soft tissue disorders, joint disorders, gynecologic problems, physiologic disorders, and skeletal problems. External factors of injury in descending order included: military activity, sports, and living conditions of dormitory. The relationship between demographic measures and occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries was statistically insignificant.
Findings of this study shows that combat and sport activities during education and living conditions in the dormitory are influential factors in occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries.