The design and implementation of sport medicine federation`s injury surveillance system of Iran

Occurrence of injury following sports participation is unavoidable. . Using sport injury surveillance systems is a suitable tool in injury recording. The present study aimed to design and implement a sport injury surveillance system.

following designing the sport injury application, data was collected as a pilot according to injury surveillance method. Software engineers designed Sport injury recording application for cellphones with android operating system. Athletic trainers were trained to work with the application. In a pilot implementation in Alborz province, athletic trainers recorded athlete`s sport injuries in soccer, volleyball, handball, taekwondo and wrestling in a period of 6 months via their user account.

81 sport injuries were reported in the pilot implementation of sport injury surveillance system in 6 months. Incidence rate of 1.39 injury per 1000 athletes registered was calculated. Contusion and bruising (37%) was the most common type of injury. Furthermore, fingers (18.5%) and knee were the most common body parts injured.

Sport injury record was done comprehensively web based without paper form involvement. Designing and implementing cellphone based sport injury application was an important outcome of the present study. Present of a specific definition of injury and use of available and user friendly tool may become effective in recording injuries especially mild ones.