Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of present study is to calculate a prevalence rate of stretching related soft tissue injuries in Taekwondo female athletes. Also, the study is to analyze the possible risk factors of stretching related injuries.
Method: The data were collected from 2019 Women Taekwondo Championships held in K city, South Korea. A total of 322 female athletes participated in this study (mean age=18.3, SD=6.4; athlete experience=5.4 years, SD=4.0). A cross-sectional study design was used. A simple check-off questionnaire was also used. For data analysis, descriptive analysis, χ2-test, and binary logistic regression were performed using SPSS 23.0 at α≦0.05.
Results: Overall period prevalence rate was 22.4% (prevalence rates of Poomsae and Sparring Taekwondo were 34% and 11.8% respectively). The χ2-test showed that there was a significant difference between the period prevalence rate and competition styles (p=. 001). The most common injury situation & cause was the split stretching with no warm-up (38.9%). The most injured part was hamstring (hamstring strain: 51.4%). The binary logistic regression showed that there was a significant difference between period prevalence rate and age, intensity of stretching, stretching style, and type of Taekwondo (p<.05).
Conclusion: The prevalence rate of stretching related injury was high in our participants during Taekwondo career. To reduce such injury incidence, the safe education about the understanding of warm-up programs and stretching for the athletes & coaches are necessary. Finally, more research on the stretching related injury in Taekwondo is required.
Method: The data were collected from 2019 Women Taekwondo Championships held in K city, South Korea. A total of 322 female athletes participated in this study (mean age=18.3, SD=6.4; athlete experience=5.4 years, SD=4.0). A cross-sectional study design was used. A simple check-off questionnaire was also used. For data analysis, descriptive analysis, χ2-test, and binary logistic regression were performed using SPSS 23.0 at α≦0.05.
Results: Overall period prevalence rate was 22.4% (prevalence rates of Poomsae and Sparring Taekwondo were 34% and 11.8% respectively). The χ2-test showed that there was a significant difference between the period prevalence rate and competition styles (p=. 001). The most common injury situation & cause was the split stretching with no warm-up (38.9%). The most injured part was hamstring (hamstring strain: 51.4%). The binary logistic regression showed that there was a significant difference between period prevalence rate and age, intensity of stretching, stretching style, and type of Taekwondo (p<.05).
Conclusion: The prevalence rate of stretching related injury was high in our participants during Taekwondo career. To reduce such injury incidence, the safe education about the understanding of warm-up programs and stretching for the athletes & coaches are necessary. Finally, more research on the stretching related injury in Taekwondo is required.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Prevalence Rate of Stretching related Soft Tissue Injury among Taekwondo Female Athletes |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 409-419 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | 한국사회체육학회지 |
| Issue number | 79 |
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| State | Published - 2020 |