Patterns of injuries during the 12th Africa women's volleyball club championship in Nairobi
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Date
1997
Authors
Rintaugu, E.G.
Akpata, D.
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Publisher
Kenyatta University
Abstract
Injuries are common in sports, especially dynamic ones such as
volleyball. An accurate documentation of such injuries will provide
useful information for future planning, prevention, treatment and
management. But literature seems non-existent on. the incidence of
volleyball injuries in Africa. This study investigated the injuries
sustained during the 12th Africa volleyball club championship in Nairobi
(26th April - 3rd May 1997). A total of 130 sport injuries were recorded.
Majority of the injuries affected the fingers (44.61 %). The most prevalent
complaint was muscle soreness (33.85%) followed by contusions
(25.38%). Most of the injuries resulted from overuse (39.24%) while
27.69% of the injuries were caused by the ball. Since most of the injuries
were specific to volleyball, it was concluded that preventive measures
lay in the training of players in line with sound scientific principles and
the taping of fingers during practice or games. This study was done as
basis for the accumulation of literature on the incidence of volleyball
injuries in Africa.
Description
A paper presented at the Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and dance 3rd Scientific Congress held on 11th - 15th September, 1997 in Nairobi, Kenya
Keywords
Injuries, Women's volleyball, Kenya