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TYPES AND MANIFESTATION OF INJURIES IN ATHLETICS
Ljubomir Antekolović
orcid.org/0000-0002-0910-2789
; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sanja Ljubičić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3311-009X
; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Marijo Baković
; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
Understanding the mechanism of sports injuries and
knowledge about the influence and interaction of internal
and external risk factors are the grounds for preventive
activities to reduce the number and severity of sports
injuries. Therefore, the main goal of this paper was to
establish the type and frequency of injuries in athletics and
to identify the causes and the time of their occurrence with
regard to the athletics discipline. The study was conducted
on a sample of 84 active athletes (45 male and 39 female)
from 14 Croatian clubs (average age of 23.44 years with
an average of 10.58 years of active practice in athletics)
filling out an anonymous questionnaire containing 16
general and 9 specific particles. The research results
indicate that the muscle rupture (17%) is the most
common injury, followed by overuse syndrome (14%) and
muscle strain (13%), while the hamstring (20%) and foot
(19%) are the most frequently affected anatomical parts.
Hamstring rupture and strain are predominant in the sprint
events, while in the jumping disciplines, the most
common are ankle sprain, overuse syndrome and muscle
rupture and strain. Dominant injuries in the throwing
events are overuse syndrome, nerve injury and muscle
rupture and strain. The most common causes of injuries
are the low level of technique performance, poor training
conditions, own carelessness of the athletes and high level
of tiredness. Most of injuries occurred during the summer
competition period and preparatory period for summer
competition period. Result of this study should improve
the prevention system for Croatian track and field athletes.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
129991
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.7.2014.
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