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Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the most common sports injuries of martial arts (Karate, Judo, Boxing, and Wrestling). The study was conducted on a sample of (120) players. The researcher used the personal interview and questionnaire as instruments of the study to collect data. The researcher also used the statistical descriptive method which involved using frequencies and percentages to analyze the results. The study concluded that the main cause of injuries was attributed to the lack of safety factors with the highest percentage of (92.5%) and the competition period was regarded as the most frequent period in which the injuries occurred with the percentage of (70.1%). Regarding the ranking of the frequency of sports injuries as a whole: the Ligament Sprain was ranked first with (22.08%) of which judo was the highest with (25.43%), dislocation of which wrestling was the highest (4.91%), the joint trauma of which boxing was the highest(13.85%), bone trauma which was the highest in karate, (22.81%), muscle trauma was the highest in wrestling (16.98%),wounds were the highest in boxing (11.1%), abrasions were the highest in judo (16.1%), tearing was the highest in karate(14.8%). The researcher recommended paying more attention to safety factors, and promoting training programs which conform to mathematical and scientific planning.

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