A survey of back injuries in squash players
Item
- Title
- A survey of back injuries in squash players
- Author(s)
- Wilson Lee
- Abstract
- Background. The aim of this investigation was to examine the prevalence of back injuries in male professional, club and social squash players. Methods. Experimental design: a retrospective analysis was made using a cross-section of current male professional, club and social squash players (survivor population). Setting/participants: an attempt was made to distribute 90 questionnaires on back injuries to male squash players playing in the county of Kent, England, (n=90), of which 90 questionnaires were returned (100% compliance). Interventions: variables were cross tabulated and analysed using descriptive statistics, paired t-tests and c² tests of significance. Measures: the questionnaire obtained information on demographics, recreational activities, level of play (ability), overall volume of play, occurrence and severity of injury, characteristics of the pain and warming-up/cooling down activities. Results. 66% of the sample population reported they had suffered back injury. Of these 50% claimed squash initiated their injury. Significantly higher frequencies of back injury were observed in professional players (66.7% compared to 56% in social players, c²=3.971), club players (76.7% compared to 56% social players, c²=6.857), players who spent less timewarming up (p= 0.004), players who did not cool down (80% compared to players who did cool down 43%, c²=14.0) and players who spent less time cooling down (p= 0.0001). Conclusions. These results suggest that male professional and club squash players areat greater risk of suffering a back injury compared to male social squash players due to repetitive over reaching combined with flexion and rotation needed to strike the ball. However, a warming up routine carried out before a match and a cooling down routine carried out after a match correctly and for a reasonable length of time may decrease this risk. KEY WORDS: Squash rackets - Epidemiology - Back injuries - Athletic injuries.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2002
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2003 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 72
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13034
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Sports Injuries,Squash,Back
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Wilson Lee, “A survey of back injuries in squash players”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1304