Sports Injuries in Club-Based Adolescent Male Players: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Background and purposes:

Adolescent age is more vulnerable compared with an adult for a sports injury. Several sports-related factors are responsible for the injury. The purpose of the study is to explore sports injuries among club-based adolescent male players.

Methods:

The Cross-sectional study design was applied at different residence clubs in Dhaka city. A 201 male adolescent player age range 11-19 years with different categories included in this study. A self-structured questionnaire was developed, in which data were collected by face to face interview with the assistance of physiotherapist, coaches and trainers. Sports injury severity was graded and ranging by the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS).  Data analysis was operated with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS Version 20) and P-value employed as the level of significance (<0.05).

Results:

Results indicated that the prevalence of sports injury was extremely high among Dhaka-based club adolescent male players. Injuries among cricket players were substantially high compared to other category sports. Some factors like warm-up training and BMI were the key causes of these injuries. Shoulder, hip/thigh, knee/legs and spine were the common prevalent sites of injury recorded in this study. Most of the injuries initiated as a moderate level of severity. There was a significant association to sports injury with BMI (p-value 0.004<0.05) and warm-up training (p-value 0.007<0.05). However, there was a highly significant relation found of sports injury with age (0.000<0.05) and types of play (0.000<0.05).

Conclusion:

Sports injuries are remarkably high in Dhaka-based club adolescent male players. BMI and warm-up training are the key factors for the injury. Injury awareness and proper fitness training may help to minimize the injury.