Patterns of Sports Injuries & Associated Factors among the Volleyball Players of Selected Sports Institutes in Dhaka city

Abstract

Introduction Volleyball is an increasingly popular team sport. As with any competitive sport, there is always an inherent risk of injury. The participation of volleyball is becoming increasingly common and this increased involvement raises concerns about the risk of installation of sports injuries. A total number of 62 Volleyball Players from different sports institutes participated in this study. The minimum age of the participants was 15 whilst the maximum age was 34 years. The mean ± SD (Standard Deviation) age of our participant was 22.94 ± 4.75 with a range of 19. All the participants were male in this study. Objective(s): The aim of this study was to find out the pattern of sports injuries & associated factors among the volleyball players of selected sports institute. Methodology: This study was a cross sectional. Convenience sampling technique was used for sample selection. A Pretested structured questionnaire used to collect data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 version. Result: Knee (27.4%), ankle (22.6%), Shoulder (16.1%) & lower back (14.5%) were the most common site of injury. Most common type of injury among participants was sprain (46.8%), strain (29%) and tendinopathy (16.1%). Participants with somewhat satisfied diet had more severe injury (n=16, 72.7%) than Participants with very satisfied diet had more mild injury (n=16, 64%). Participants who did not have an idea about injury prevention had suffered severe type of injury (n=56, 90.3%) than those who had idea about injury prevention. Conclusion: Most common type of injury among participants was sprain (46.8%), strain (29%) and tendinopathy (16.1%). It could be recommended that this study might be helpful to fix treatment protocol as well as formulating injury prevention specifically designed for them. Key words: Volleyball, Pattern of Sports injury, Associated factors