CAUSE AND PREVALENCE OF ATHLETES INJURY: THE CASE OF SOME SELECTED ATHLETICS CLUB OF OROMIA REGIONAL STATE IN ASELLA TOWN, ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to assess the Cause and Prevalence of Athletes Injury: The Case of Some Selected Athletics Club of Oromia Regional State in Asella Town, Ethiopia. For the implementation of the Study, a descriptive survey design has employed and the samples for the study were selected using simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling technique. The sample size were 60 trainees, 3 coach, 3 managers and 3 physiotherapist totally 69 respondents has involved out of 129 total study populations of Oromia athletics club in Asella town include as sources of data. The quantitative data they used to analyze by using computerized Statistical package software (SPSS). Frequency and percentage statistical techniques has employed. The qualitative data was first organized into meaningful information and the data should be described both as expressed by open-ended questionnaire, interviewees and observation. This result implies that absence of physiotherapist, training altitude and similarity of training plan, inadequate training facilities and equipment has identified as cause of injury. Generally the finding conclude that the trainees understanding about injury is low and miss of physiotherapy, lack of sport equipment, sport wear, similar training altitude and similar training program of long distance, gender of coach and absence of food menus are the basic cause of injury. Major types of injury identified from the respondents’ response of middle distance were hamstring strain, knee injury, muscles sprain, ankle sprain and muscle spasm/benumb respectively with the above cumulative factor indicate that, the prevalence of injury increase in all sport club.