Presenting a Paradigmatic Model of Preventing Sports Injuries in Physical Education Students Based on Management Factors

The prevalence of sports injuries among physical education students is very high and significant. Although sports injuries are inevitable, it is not something we can't do anything to manage injuries. Various factors, including factors that are rooted in management issues, affect the vulnerability of physical education students, in order to make the necessary decisions to prevent the occurrence of sports injuries, the researcher in the present study identified managerial factors and presented a paradigmatic model for the prevention of sports injuries in physical education students.

This is a cross-sectional study using a database systematic design. The research sample consisted of 12 professors (5 trainees and 7 masters of management) who were selected from all professors of pathology and sport management in the country based on the logic of sampling phenomenological research in a purposeful and saturated manner. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The data collected during the interview process were analyzed by an open, axial, and selective coding process.

The results of the qualitative data analysis of the interviews lead to the presentation of a model of prevention of sports injuries in physical education students based on managerial factors with 13 categories and 38 concepts in 6 dimensions including causal (3 categories), main phenomenon (prevention). Of the physical trauma of physical education students were: strategy (5 categories), contextual characteristics (1 category), confounding conditions (1 category), and outcome (3 categories).

Based on the paradigm model, it can be concluded that by modifying the approach in student admission, educational planning and securing places along with education and awareness, teachers, and students will be able to significantly reduce the incidence of sports injury in physical education students. Therefore, it is necessary to design model-based policies of the Ministry of Science in the physical education sector of universities to reduce the vulnerability of physical education students