The purpose of this study was to do the surveillance study of sports injuries and medical illnesses which were suffered to members of Korea National Sport University(KNSU) during 2013· A physician of the sports medicine clinic in KNSU made clinical d...
The purpose of this study was to do the surveillance study of sports injuries and medical illnesses which were suffered to members of Korea National Sport University(KNSU) during 2013· A physician of the sports medicine clinic in KNSU made clinical diagnoses of the injury and illness· A total of 1,231 diagnoses were reported and 89·0% of them was sports injuries· Athletes of the Department of Physical Education suffered sports injuries most frequently(45·6%), and amongst them, the sports injuries was highest in lifting(10·3%), hockey(9·2%) and throws(8·1%)· The most frequent sports injury in ankle and foot were acute ankle ligament sprain(32·7%)· Ligament injuries(33·8%) of lower extremity and joint injuries(29·8%) of upper extremity were the most frequent injuries· The superficial injuries(54·4%) and common cold(31·6%) were most prevalent illnesses· These results could provide relevant information for sports injury prevention programs customized to the injury profile of the respective sport in KNSU·