Prevalent Sports Injuries and Related Factors In Female Athlete Students

The purpose of this study is to evaluate prevalent sport injuries and related factors in athlete female students who participated in sport festival of Iranian female schools in Kashan City in 2005. This research is a cross-sectional and analytic study. Sampling method is simple random and data collection is by questionnaires. The results show prevalent injuries in different type of sports; 35% in volleyball, 33% in basketball, 17.5% in handball and badminton, 10% in swimming, 5% in mini-volleyball and 2.5% in mini-basketball. The severity of injuries was mild in 80%, mild in 11/6 and severe in 8.5%. Type of injuries in 43.3% is musculotendinous, joint and skeletal and in 13.3% spine. The reason of injuries in 46.6% of injured persons is incorrect exercise movement, in 30% ball beating, in 13.3% being hit by another athlete and in 5% is falling. The prevalent of injuries in different kinds of sports in the festival is as follows:10% in volleyball athletes, 8.7% in basketball, 1% in handball, 2% in badminton and 1% in swimming. The comparison of the data with the same research in other countries, shows that the sport injuries due to incorrect exercise movement in our country is much more than other countries. Therefore it is necessary to train school instructors and athlete students.