Abstract
Despite the high prevalence of Taekwondo injuries across player levels, the specific characteristics of these injuries remain incompletely understood, particularly in recreational players compared to elite athletes. This study aims to analyze the prevalence and characteristics of Taekwondo injuries among recreational and elite players.
A Safety Accident Survey was conducted in 2019, with 313 Taekwondo elite players and 220 Taekwondo recreational players participating. The survey comprised 16 questions covering sports participation, injury types, causes, circumstances, and perceptions.
Ankle sprains emerged as the most prevalent injury regardless of player level (recreational players: 28.6%, elite players: 24.0%). Among recreational players, upper body (18.6%), foot (14.5%), and knee (10.9%) injuries were more common, while hand (15.0%), foot (12.5%), and knee (10.2%) injuries predominated among elite players. The most prevalent injury types in recreational players were ankle pain (34.9%), ankle sprain (34.7%), and ankle strain (20.9%), whereas ankle sprain (41.3%), knee pain (40.9%), and finger fractures (34.2%) were the top three in elite players. Among elite players, the risk of ankle injuries increased with the career period of Taekwondo competition. 67.3% of participants reported attending sport safety education sessions, with the primary reason for non-attendance being a lack of educational institution information.
Through the results of this study, it is necessary to seek strategies for developing an education program for the prevention of safety accidents in Taekwondo sports in the future.
A Safety Accident Survey was conducted in 2019, with 313 Taekwondo elite players and 220 Taekwondo recreational players participating. The survey comprised 16 questions covering sports participation, injury types, causes, circumstances, and perceptions.
Ankle sprains emerged as the most prevalent injury regardless of player level (recreational players: 28.6%, elite players: 24.0%). Among recreational players, upper body (18.6%), foot (14.5%), and knee (10.9%) injuries were more common, while hand (15.0%), foot (12.5%), and knee (10.2%) injuries predominated among elite players. The most prevalent injury types in recreational players were ankle pain (34.9%), ankle sprain (34.7%), and ankle strain (20.9%), whereas ankle sprain (41.3%), knee pain (40.9%), and finger fractures (34.2%) were the top three in elite players. Among elite players, the risk of ankle injuries increased with the career period of Taekwondo competition. 67.3% of participants reported attending sport safety education sessions, with the primary reason for non-attendance being a lack of educational institution information.
Through the results of this study, it is necessary to seek strategies for developing an education program for the prevention of safety accidents in Taekwondo sports in the future.
| Translated title of the contribution | A Study of Injury and Sports Safety Awareness in Taekwondo: A Study of Taekwondo Recreational and Elite Players |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 149-160 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | 국기원 태권도연구 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 2024 |