The Prevalence and Causes of Sport Injuries in Well-Trained Badminton Players of Iran

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence rate and some probable causes of sport injuries in Iranian well-trained badminton players. The present descriptive study was retrospectively conducted by an administered sports injuries questionnaire (Alpha=0.89). The statistical available sample was including 7 female and 23 male Iranian well trained competitive badminton players with average age 24.1±4.9. All data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis tests using the SPSS statistical software version 16 and the significance level was set at P?0.05.The highest prevalence of injuries is muscular and tendon injuries. Highest prevalence of injuries among badminton players is (65.6%). Most injuries in lower extremity respectively are knees (62.5%), ankles (50%), and legs (18.8%). In the most affected areas of upper extremity including wrists (90.6%), waist and back (84.4 %), arms (37.5%). According to the results of this research the incidence of injury in the lower and upper extremities are relatively high in Iranian well trained badminton players. It seems that the use of massage, physiotherapy, continual medical supervision, considering scientific and practical principles, promotion of physical fitness level of athletes can be effective in the prevention of sports injuries.