Teens’ Knowledge of Risk Factors for Sports Injuries

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia W. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Sports Injuries ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
High Level

Youth participation in sports has increased greatly over the past 20 years. Consequently, there has been a rise in the number of sports injuries. A study was conducted to determine teen’s level of physical activity, knowledge about risk factors for sports injuries, use of protective equipment, and parental involvement. Two groups of teens, one of which was required to take a physical education class, were given a self-administered, written survey. The study found that the teens in this small Virginia town have a high level of involvement in sports and other physical activity and good general knowledge of sports injury prevention. Improvement is needed in the use of protective equipment when participating in informal sports activities and in the provision of sports injury prevention education to parents. As advocates for student health, school nurses are in a unique position to educate students, parents, staff, and the community about prevention of sports-related injuries.

Injury prevention knowledge, beliefs and strategies in elite female footballers at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019

2021 ◽  
pp. bjsports-2020-103131
Author(s):  
Celeste Geertsema ◽  
Liesel Geertsema ◽  
Abdulaziz Farooq ◽  
Joar Harøy ◽  
Chelsea Oester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
High Level ◽  
Women's Football

ObjectivesThis study assessed knowledge, beliefs and practices of elite female footballers regarding injury prevention.MethodsA survey was sent to players participating in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019. Questions covered three injury prevention domains: (1) knowledge; (2) attitudes and beliefs; (3) prevention practices in domestic clubs. Additionally, ACL injury history was assessed.ResultsOut of 552 players, 196 women responded (35.5%). More than 80% of these considered injury risk to be moderate or high. Players listed knee, ankle, thigh, head and groin as the most important injuries in women’s football. The most important risk factors identified were low muscle strength, followed by poor pitch quality, playing on artificial turf, too much training, reduced recovery and hard tackles. In these elite players, 15% did not have any permanent medical staff in their domestic clubs, yet more than 75% had received injury prevention advice and more than 80% performed injury prevention exercises in their clubs. Players identified the two most important implementation barriers as player motivation and coach attitude. Two-thirds of players used the FIFA 11+ programme in their clubs.ConclusionsThis diverse group of elite players demonstrated good knowledge of risk level and injury types in women’s football. Of the risk factors emphasised by players, there was only one intrinsic risk factor (strength), but several factors out of their control (pitch quality and type, training volume and hard tackles). Still players had positive attitudes and beliefs regarding injury prevention exercises and indicated a high level of implementation, despite a lack of medical support.

scholarly journals Deteksi Dini Faktor Risiko Penyakit Jantung dan Pembuluh Darah, Hubungan Antara Obesitas, Aktivitas Fisik dan Kolesterol Total di Kecamatan Kertapati, Kota Palembang

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
Achmad Ridwanmo ◽  
Mariatul Fadillah ◽  
Tri Hari Irfani
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Total Cholesterol ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
The One ◽  
High Level

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the first cause of death in Indonesia. The prevalence of stroke based on diagnosis rose from 7 (2013) to 10.9 per mil (2018), The prevalence of cardiovascular disease is 1.5 per mil. Research on the detection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease using a cardiovascular risk score according to WHO and the Jakarta Score has never been conducted in Palembang. The purpose of this study is to conduct early detection of risk factors to predict cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years, and find out the relationship between obesity, physical activity to reduce cholesterol.Methods: This research was conducted using an observational analytic study with cross sectional design and multistage sampling method. Samples in this study were 126 people from 3 village in Kertapati district in Palembang City.Result: The research showed that high level risk to cardiovascular disease in 10 years by using WHO non laboratory, laboratory and Jakarta Score was 4,8%, 6,7%, 61,9% respectively. Whereas, the moderate risk was 20%, 26,2% and 25,4%. There was no association between obesity and total cholesterol (p=0.682), but there was an association between physical activity and total cholesterol (p=0.030, OR 3,1). Moreover, there was a total cholesterol’s mean difference between none/mild, moderate, and severe physical activity that is 36,6 mg/dl (t test, p-value: 0,005).Conclusion: Lack of physical activity could be the one of cholesterol risk factor. Therefore, doing the physical activity could prevent the cardiovascular disease.

Injury Prevention: Avoiding One of Golf's More Painful Hazards

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 129-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Lindsay ◽  
Theo H Versteegh ◽  
Anthony A Vandervoort
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injuries ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Prevention Strategies

Although the sport of golf may be mistakenly perceived as a benign physical activity, there are in fact patterns of problems such as strains to the upper limb and low-back pain that have the potential to interfere with the professional golfer's livelihood and recreational golfer's enjoyment. In this article, a summary of the literature has been provided outlining the nature and extent of common musculoskeletal injuries that golfers deal with as well as some of the risk factors that may increase injury susceptibility. A detailed overview of prevention strategies to minimize the risk of suffering a golf injury has also been provided. Since many injuries arise from poor swing biomechanics, taking instruction with a knowledgeable golf instructor can be an important first step towards injury prevention. However, if a golfing client already has an injury which originated or is aggravated by playing or practicing, then the personalized help of a physician or physiotherapist experienced in golf biomechanics is also warranted. Proper attention to prevention will ensure a lifetime of enjoyable golf “par”ticipation.

scholarly journals Preventive Methods for Karate Injuries- A Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajjan Pal
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Preventive Strategies ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Prevention Methods ◽  
Preventive Methods ◽  
Karate Athletes

Sports injury is a major concern for athletes. Karate is a form of martial art that is practiced widely across the world. Injuries are inherent in karate as it is a combative sport. Therefore, there is a need of implementation of preventive strategies which play a great role in reducing the injuries. This review aimed to identify common injuries and preventive strategies for injury prevention in karate athletes. An electronic search in Google Scholar, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus was conducted by using following keywords: karate athletes, common injuries, prevention and protective equipment. Studies on injury prevention in karate athletes and studies published in English language were included in this review. Reviews and studies with free access to only abstract have been excluded. Protective equipment like mouthguards, groin guards, knuckle protection, gloves and proper padding help in prevention of injury. Strict implementation of rules and specific conditioning programs were found to be effective in injury prevention and should be encouraged for injury prevention in karate athletes. Athletes, parents and coaches should be educated regarding evolving injury prevention methods. Also, it was found that there were very few number of RCTs done in regards to preventive training programs in martial arts and karate.

scholarly journals Relationship between lifestyle pattern and blood pressure - Iranian national survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Akbarpour ◽  
Davood Khalili ◽  
Hojjat Zeraati ◽  
Mohammad Ali Mansournia ◽  
Azra Ramezankhani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Sweetened Beverages ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract We aimed to evaluate the relationship between different lifestyle patterns and blood pressure. This study is based on the national survey of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Iran in 2012. A total of 8244 people aged 25–70 years old have been enrolled in the survey. Clustering on the individual data of lifestyle factors (nutrition, physical activity, and smoking) were carried out using self-organizing neural network method. Multivariable regression models were used to determine the relationship between blood pressure and the clusters. This study revealed seven lifestyle clusters in the national survey. The first cluster had a healthier lifestyle (15%), and the rest of the clusters had at least one or more lifestyle-related risk factors. Among all the clusters, people in two clusters, i.e. one characterized by consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, salt, and fast foods, and the other one characterized by physical inactivity, were more exposed to the risk of hypertension (odds ratios of 1.44 and 1.12, respectively). People in another cluster who were 100% smokers and had a very high level of work-related physical activity were about 30% less likely to experience elevated blood pressure. Although a lifestyle with cigarette smoking was associated with a reduction in blood pressure, this might be due to other related factors, such as work-related physical activity, which lower blood pressure. Of course, this hypothesis still needs to be further studied in the future.

scholarly journals Statistical Calculation Method and Analysis of Athletes’ Biorhythm State and Sports Injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Shaohui Su
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Calculation Method ◽  
Sports Injuries ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Statistical Calculation ◽  
Calculation Methods ◽  
Athletic Ability ◽  
Athlete Injury

In recent years, attention has been focused on the prevention and treatment of sports injuries. However, no athlete injury prevention system has been established. Athletes’ injury prevention has become an important research field, but it is still used in current sports injury statistics. Traditional calculation methods are difficult to meet the requirements of modern halo. In order to understand the relationship between the athlete’s biorhythm state and the statistical calculation method of sports injury and to reduce the damage caused by sports injury to athletes, we have carried out statistics on various physical parameters of athletes in a certain university in this city through example analysis and creatively introduced the statistical calculation method of the fault tree, and the corresponding results provide a certain research foundation for the subsequent research. The research results in this article prove that formulating a suitable sport mode for athletes can improve their athletic ability by more than 10%, reduce damage to athletes, and extend their professional life. Generally speaking, athletes’ injuries can be reduced by more than 15%. This shows that appropriate injury statistics calculation methods and research on sports injury prevention in advance are extremely important for athletes.

scholarly journals Body Composition Role in Predicting Sports Injuries: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
Farahnaz Amirshaghaghi ◽  
◽  
Parisa Pournemati ◽  
Shahrzad Zandi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Sports Injuries ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Lower Extremity Injuries ◽  
Athletic Population ◽  
Potential Risk Factors

Introduction: This study aimed to review the literature on the role of body composition as a risk factor for injury in an athletic population. Materials and Methods: We searched articles in English in Google Scholar Science direct, PubMed, WOS, Scopus, ProQuest, and Cochrane Library databases without time limit until 2020 using keywords related to "body composition" and "sports injury". Results: Considering criteria including inclusion and exclusion, 10 papers out of 1322 studies were comprehensively reviewed. It was found that body composition components are related to musculoskeletal injuries in the athletic population. Body mass index, weight and bone density are known as risk factors in the development of sports injuries. Conclusion: This systematic review provides preliminary evidence of the relationship between body composition and prediction of injury in athletes. Defects in various aspects of body composition were recognized as potential risk factors for lower extremity injuries. Likewise, body composition should be considered when screening athletes.

Effectiveness of an online tailored intervention on determinants and behaviour to prevent ­running related sports injuries: a randomised controlled trial

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Sports Injuries ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Effect Study ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Actual Performance

Objective. Sports injuries are one of the most common injuries in the modern Western society. In line with the increased interest in eHealth, a tailor-based online injury prevention intervention was developed to influence determinants and actual sports injury preventive behaviour. An effect study was carried out among runners. Methods. Runners between 18 and 35 years were randomly assigned to the intervention (n=109) or control group (n=105). Participants in the intervention group were invited to visit the website for 30 minutes. Those in the control group were invited to read magazines that did not contain information about running, injuries or other sport related issues for 30 minutes. Online questionnaires were completed just before (T0) and immediately after the intervention (T1), and after 3 months (T2). Outcome measures were knowledge, risk perception, attitude, intention and injury prevention behaviour. Results. Immediately after the intervention (T1) an effect was found on all outcome measures. After three months (T2) the effect remained only for behaviours relating to warm-up and frequency of shoe replacement. Conclusion. Short-term (3 months) effects were demonstra­ted on determinants and actual performance of sports injury prevention behaviour. These results confirm the value of online tailored interventions for the dissemination of injury prevention knowledge.

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