Epidemiology Of Varsity Sports

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Term Paper Title	Epidemiology Of Varsity Sports
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Epidemiology of Varsity Sports

Epidemiology of Varsity Sports

     Varsity sports is in many schools as important as academics, especially
in the United States.  These schools rely a great deal on the success of their
teams for financial stability and enrollment interest.  The athletes as well
take their sport very seriously, if only for the sake of their pride.
     It therefore follows that each team strives to be the very best, and
only 100% effort is enough. Unfortunately, when competition climaxes, more often
than not injuries result.
        This study is a synopsis of the data collected in a number of past
articles concerned with injuries incurred by collegiate athletes in many
different varsity sports.  For the purpose of this study, an injury has been
defined as any abnormal condition that has caused an athlete to be removed from
practice or competition for one or more days, because performance has been
impaired (Hanes and Murray, 1982).  The following statistics will deal with
injuries of collegiate sports incurred by athletes involved in Men's and Women's
Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics and Track and Field, Men's Soccer, and
Wrestling, and Women's Field Hockey.

          BASKETBALL

        The study of the nature and extent of athletic injuries Occuring in
Women's Basketball by Hanes and Murray in 1982 found an injury rate of 41.7 per
100 players.  Of these injuries 56.9% were ankle sprains, 24.1% were muscle
strains.  76.2% of the sprains and strains occurred to the lower extremities.
Injured fingers ( which were the only upper extremity injuries) accounted for
14.3% of the injuries and 4.8% of the injuries were reported as facial.
     All information for this study was collected through the use of injury
forms completed by the coaches, and information forms by each player, injured or
not.
        In a separate study for the American Journal of Sports Medicine by
Clarke and Buckley in 1980 on injuries incurred in collegiate Women's Basketball,
there was an injury rate of  20.3 per 100 players.  There was a reported
incidence of 53% sprains, and 4% strains.  40% of all injuries sustained were to
the lower extremities.
        In the same study Clarke and Buckley  found similar results in Men's
Varsity Basketball to that of the Women's.  The men reported  20.7 per 100
players suffering injuries, 54% of those being sprains, 6% being strains with
37% of the injuries Occuring to the lower extremity.
     All the data collected by Clarke and Buckley was received from...

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