Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach

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spelling 12448 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=12448 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Article Journal application/pdf 8 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in 1.7 Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows) 2020-04-09 16:25:41 xmp.id:46D14169507AEA1199D1BD8CAD4146FC 6751-01-FH02-FBK-20-47559.pdf UniSZA Private Access Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Health Care The increase in demand for football players to perform at their best during training and competition results in the escalation of a varying number of football-related injuries. Media reports provide readily as well as timely information on injury-related issues that could assist the stakeholders in decision making before and after a competition. Although, many attempts have been made to quantify football-related injuries in many countries via media, however, little is known on its prevalence, types and mechanisms as reported in Nigerian media. The present study employed a content analysis technique through which 94 football-related news articles from Nigerian newspapers were examined and the most frequently reported injuries are identified. It is demonstrated from the chi-square analysis that the occurrences of football-related injuries are distributed amongst players regardless of their positional role in the game [χ2(60) = 41.401; p>0.05]. Moreover, the prevalence in the mechanisms of injuries are disseminated across injury types [χ2(30) = 32.203; p>0.05]. A total of 94 different injuries are reported with knee, ankle, and thigh as the most affected locations. The findings further revealed that strikers have a higher rate of injury occurrences with a total of 52% as compared to midfielders 20%, defenders 14%, and goalkeepers 12% whilst 2% are unidentified. Many of the injuries reported are either fresh 48% or recurrent 50% with only 2% recovery. The present findings could be useful to stakeholders in projecting injury-related problems in football which could guide appropriate action. 11 2 37-44
spellingShingle Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach
summary The increase in demand for football players to perform at their best during training and competition results in the escalation of a varying number of football-related injuries. Media reports provide readily as well as timely information on injury-related issues that could assist the stakeholders in decision making before and after a competition. Although, many attempts have been made to quantify football-related injuries in many countries via media, however, little is known on its prevalence, types and mechanisms as reported in Nigerian media. The present study employed a content analysis technique through which 94 football-related news articles from Nigerian newspapers were examined and the most frequently reported injuries are identified. It is demonstrated from the chi-square analysis that the occurrences of football-related injuries are distributed amongst players regardless of their positional role in the game [χ2(60) = 41.401; p>0.05]. Moreover, the prevalence in the mechanisms of injuries are disseminated across injury types [χ2(30) = 32.203; p>0.05]. A total of 94 different injuries are reported with knee, ankle, and thigh as the most affected locations. The findings further revealed that strikers have a higher rate of injury occurrences with a total of 52% as compared to midfielders 20%, defenders 14%, and goalkeepers 12% whilst 2% are unidentified. Many of the injuries reported are either fresh 48% or recurrent 50% with only 2% recovery. The present findings could be useful to stakeholders in projecting injury-related problems in football which could guide appropriate action.
title Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach
title_full Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach
title_fullStr Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach
title_full_unstemmed Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach
title_short Injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: A media-based approach
title_sort injury prevalence, types and mechanisms in football: a media-based approach