Common Injuries among Male Field Hockey Players According to Playing Positions | ||
| Journal of Applied Sports Science | ||
| Article 3, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2015, Pages 19-26 PDF (348.67 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jass.2015.84458 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Ahmed Badr; Ahmed Mohamed Gaballah | ||
| Faculty of Physical Education, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The purpose of this study was to examine injury patterns of Egyptian field hockey players and broaden the current base of knowledge by identifying the injury rates among different positions. Using interviews 75 players from eight teams were surveyed. The participating players played in the Egyptian field hockey league and were professional players. The players were categorized according their playing positions as 8 goalkeepers, 26 defenders, 24 midfielders and 17 strikers. The interview contained questions about observed and experienced injuries, cause of injuries, type of injuries and region of occurrence. Descriptive statistics were derived using SPSS (19) and statistics used frequency method to determine the percentage of all collected data. The most body region exposed to injury is the pelvic and thigh region with 21% of the total injuries, the common injuries to hockey players in upper limb is low back pain and in lower limb is cramps of posterior thigh muscles. The goalkeepers were the lowest level of injuries in current study, then come defenders and midfielders. The stickers was relatively near percentage to midfielders. The most conclusion in current study was, an attention to adequate warming up and muscles stretching during training and prior matches are vital. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Common Injuries; Field Hockey | ||
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