Injury Profile of Iranian Professional Male and Female Karate Players

The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, type and mechanism of injuries in Iranian professional male and female karate players. 140 karate players including 101 men (Mean+SD, age: 217+3.2 years, height: 176.9±6.4 cm, weight: 69.4±8.9 kg) and 39 women (Mean+SD, age 21.7±3.2 years, heig...

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Main Authors: nader rahnama, efat Bambaeichi, ali Bagher Nazarian, mohammadreza Batavani, hamidreza Sadeghipour
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Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2011-03-01
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Online Access:https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_24180_2cd21fc425cf6488732048168bfe5bd1.pdf
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description The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, type and mechanism of injuries in Iranian professional male and female karate players. 140 karate players including 101 men (Mean+SD, age: 217+3.2 years, height: 176.9±6.4 cm, weight: 69.4±8.9 kg) and 39 women (Mean+SD, age 21.7±3.2 years, height: 164.4±6.8cm, weight: 55.6±6.2 kg) who participated in karate premier league competitions participated in this study. An injury form was used to collect data. Variables such as incidence, area, causes and mechanisms of injuries were considered and recorded after competitions. Chi square and descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. The results of this study showed that in 170 team competitions (1436 individual competitions), 326 injuries occurred (men 244 and women 82 injuries). The incidence of injury in men was 8.2 injuries/100 minutes of competition while it was 13.4 injuries/100 minutes of competition. Men had more injuries at their upper extremities than lower extremities (158 vs. 86), (?2 = 21.24, P0.05). Ankle was the most common injured area for men (86 cases) (?2 = 26, P0.05). Contusion was the most common injury for both sexes (39 and 14 injuries respectively). Opponents’ mistake was the main cause of injuries for both men and women (?2 = 15, p0.05). In can be concluded that if coaches pay more attention to technique instructions, team physicians and physiotherapists perfectly rehabilitate injured players and referees punish those players who use wrong techniques, injuries drastically will decrease in all players.
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spelling doaj-art-997ed7e4474849f88e83dd2ea0bec13f2025-08-20T02:31:08ZengUniversity of TehranSport Sciences and Health Research2981-02052011-03-0131213724180Injury Profile of Iranian Professional Male and Female Karate Playersnader rahnamaefat Bambaeichiali Bagher Nazarianmohammadreza Batavanihamidreza SadeghipourThe aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, type and mechanism of injuries in Iranian professional male and female karate players. 140 karate players including 101 men (Mean+SD, age: 217+3.2 years, height: 176.9±6.4 cm, weight: 69.4±8.9 kg) and 39 women (Mean+SD, age 21.7±3.2 years, height: 164.4±6.8cm, weight: 55.6±6.2 kg) who participated in karate premier league competitions participated in this study. An injury form was used to collect data. Variables such as incidence, area, causes and mechanisms of injuries were considered and recorded after competitions. Chi square and descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. The results of this study showed that in 170 team competitions (1436 individual competitions), 326 injuries occurred (men 244 and women 82 injuries). The incidence of injury in men was 8.2 injuries/100 minutes of competition while it was 13.4 injuries/100 minutes of competition. Men had more injuries at their upper extremities than lower extremities (158 vs. 86), (?2 = 21.24, P0.05). Ankle was the most common injured area for men (86 cases) (?2 = 26, P0.05). Contusion was the most common injury for both sexes (39 and 14 injuries respectively). Opponents’ mistake was the main cause of injuries for both men and women (?2 = 15, p0.05). In can be concluded that if coaches pay more attention to technique instructions, team physicians and physiotherapists perfectly rehabilitate injured players and referees punish those players who use wrong techniques, injuries drastically will decrease in all players.https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_24180_2cd21fc425cf6488732048168bfe5bd1.pdfinjury incidencekaratemenwomen
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Sport Sciences and Health Research
injury incidence
karate
men
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title Injury Profile of Iranian Professional Male and Female Karate Players
title_full Injury Profile of Iranian Professional Male and Female Karate Players
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title_sort injury profile of iranian professional male and female karate players
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women
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