Determining the Prevalence and Causes of Sport Injuries among Female Volleyball Players of Iran Super League

Abstract

ABSTRACT<br><br>This research was a causative descriptive after incidence with the aim of determining the prevalence and<br><br>causes of sport injuries among female volleyball players of Iran super league. For this purpose, 118 female<br><br>volleyball players who were participating in countries first league of Iran volleyball were selected as statistical subjects. They completed sport injuries questioners which its validity was validated by physical education experts and has the reliability of 90%. At the end, the results were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (PFR%) and the median differences were tested by Runs Test; P&gt;0.05 was considered as non-significant. The highest injuries were tendon-muscles with 76% and the lowest ones were bone injuries with 2.1%. The percent value of relative frequency injuries was in upper extremities with 35.2% and in lower extremities with 33.8%, in trunk and spine with 25% and in head and face with 6%. In this study knee and foot injuries had the highest injuries with 20.7% and head and face had the least proportional frequency percent with 6.5%. Ankle twist had the most relative frequency percent with 64.7% in compared with lower back pain and knee injuries. <br><br>Conclusions: Players and coaches must attend to protective equipments and appropriate warm up for preventing the injuries.