Predictors of injuries among young players team games

Domaradzki J., Chmielewski S., Trojanowska I., Koźlenia D. Predictors of injuries among young players team games. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(10):175-189. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1472707 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.phpohs/article/view/6220 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.10.2018. Revised: 25.10.2018. Accepted: 26.10.2018. Predictors of injuries among young players team games J. Domaradzki 1, S. Chmielewski 2, I. Trojanowska 3, D. Koźlenia 4 1. Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw, Poland 2. Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw, Poland 3. Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw, Poland 4. Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw, Poland Abstract: Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the basic somatic traits and the metric age and training experience of players and the injuries suffered. Material and methods: 125 male athletes aged between 14 and 19 years old were examined. They represented 4 sports disciplines. Respondents practicing American football (22 players), respondents playing football (30 players), respondents practicing handball (49 players), respondents practicing volleyball (24 players). All players belonged to the category of juniors. The research tool was a short questionnaire, in which the surveyed person gave their name and date of birth. The next part of the questionnaire contained questions about the sport practiced. The next stage of the study was the measurement of body height, which was performed with a Swiss anthropometer, and body weight was measured on electronic weight. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated from the formula: body weight [kg]/height [m]2. Results: In all analysed sports, body weight is the most important for the number of injuries. BMI is important in all team sports. Slim body reduces the number of injuries by about 2-8 injuries. From among the analysed variables the body structure features have an influence on the number of injuries. There were no correlations between the age of competitors and their training experience. The number of injuries depends mainly on the body weight of the player. Conclusion: Football players suffered the most injuries during their career, followed by handball players. Average injuries of American football players and volleyball players were much lower and similar to each other. While analysing the whole group of the respondents, it was observed that among the variables discussed above, the weight of competitors has the strongest influence on the number of injuries suffered. The body weight has the strongest statistically significant effect on injuries in American football, and secondly in volleyball. The weakest, statistically insignificant, body weight affects injuries in footballers. Keywords: team games, injuries, predictor