Journal of Applied Biosciences (J. Appl. Biosci.) [ISSN 1997 - 5902]
Volume 50: 3494 - 3500. Published February 27, 2012.
Analysis of sports team preparation and effect on injuries patterns during East Africa university games .
Issah K. Wabuyabo and Elizabeth W. Mse
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Department of Sports Science , P.O Box 190 Kakamega- Kenya
Corresponding author email: iswabuyabo@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Team preparation plays a big role in prevention of injuries in any sport that places extreme demands to a player in terms of strength, power, speed and endurance among other components of fitness. Surveillance of injuries (preventive, treatment and rehabilitation) can be formulated, this study investigated injuries that led to temporary stoppage of the game and or led to substitution of the player. The study also sought to relate the injury occurrence to the process of team preparation for the games.
Methodology and results: A total of 142 injuries were registered, majority of them being soft tissue (33.8%) injuries and sprains (31.0 %). It was also observed that a big fraction of these injuries were caused by opponent (41.5%) and self (41.5%). Athletics (25%), karate (22%) and rugby (11%) respectively registered the highest number of injuries. The injuries observed in this study are characteristic of sports injuries and have been observed by Wekesa (1993) during 7th African female volley ball club championships in Nairobi 1992; Wekesa et al (1993) during 5th African hockey cup of nations championships and Wekesa et al (1994) during rugby world cup prequalifying tournament in Nairobi 1993; Onywera (2004) during 2004 super league soccer championships in Kenya.
Key words Sports Injuries, Club championships, University games
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