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Common sports injuries among the injured cricket players

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dc.contributor.author Zaman., Tanzir-Ur
dc.date.accessioned 2014-05-12T07:56:25Z
dc.date.available 2014-05-12T07:56:25Z
dc.date.issued 2014-04-12
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108
dc.description Dissertation (Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy) Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, CRP 2012-02-20 en_US
dc.description.abstract Purpose: To find out the common injuries that occurs in the injured cricketers. Objectives: To find out the common sports injuries among the injured cricket players. Methodology: The study was a quantitative research model in the form of a retrospective type survey in design is carried out in this study. 31 samples were selected by simple random sampling procedure. Data were collected from BKSP and BCB. The investigator used a questionnaire to collect the data from filed documents himself. Data were numerically coded and captured in Excel, using an SPSS 16.0 version soft ware program. The researcher used descriptive statistics to analyze the data. Results: The study has been provided a baseline of information about the common injuries of the injured cricket players. Among the 31 cricketers n=7, (22.58%) had shoulder injuries, n=3, (9.68%) had hand and finger injuries, n=5, (16.13%) had thigh and hip injuries, n=4, (12.90%) had knee and leg injuries, n=3 (9.68%) had ankle injuries, n=2, (6.45%) had foot injuries, n=6 (19.35%) had spine, back and trunk injuries and n=1, (3.22%) had head and neck injuries. n=28 (90.3%) were male and n=3 (9.70%) were female out of 31 injured cricketers. The cricketers who were in between 18-20 years of age group were most commonly faced injuries n=14 (45.2%). The mean ages of the samples were 19 years. Bowlers had most frequent n=14 (45.2%) injuries. Among 31 injured cricketers n=9 (29%) had direct injury and n=22 (71.00%) had indirect injury/ overuse injury. Most common injuries were rotator cuff injuries n=4 (12.9%), hamstring strain n=3 (9.7%) and back pain n=6 (19.4%). Among the injured cricketers n=7(22.6%) had taken only medication, n=4 (12.9%) had taken only physiotherapy and n=17 (54.8%) had taken both medication and physiotherapy. In medication n=4 (12.9%), in physiotherapy n=4 (12.9%) and in both medication and physiotherapy n=15 (48.4%) had improved their condition. Conclusion: It will be said that, shoulder, hip and thigh, knee and leg and back injuries are most common injuries to all speciality of cricket players. Most commonly cricketers face indirect and overuse injuries. Over all, bowlers are more prone to sports injuries. More research should now be undertaken on sports related injuries of the cricketers, with an emphasis on larger sample sizes and response rate to be able to generalize the results and conclusions. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, CRP en_US
dc.subject Sports injury en_US
dc.subject Sports Medicine en_US
dc.title Common sports injuries among the injured cricket players en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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