Prevalence of Sport Injuries and Patterns of Management among Amateur Footballers in Tarauni Local Government Area
Farida Garba Sumaila1; Musa Kani Zakari1 & Sulaiman Salisu Sulaiman2
1Physiotherapist/ Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano
2Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, Muhammad AbdullahiWase Specialist Hospital, Kano
E-mail: fareedat2006@gmail.com, fgsumaila.pth@buk.edu.ng
ABSTRACT
Sport injuries have afflicted athletes and are recognized as a cause of absence from matches and training and to some extent a cause of loss of carrier and deformities. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of sport injuries and patterns of management among the local footballers in Tarauni Local Government area.A total of 100 post season injury questionnaires were administered to the Amateur footballers in Tarauni L.G.A that are sampled using purposive sampling technique, completed questionnaires were retrieved successfully, the data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution and percentages. It was shown that there was high prevalence of sport injuries among the participants whose age ranged 15-30 years, most of the players were at senior secondary (42%) or tertiary institutions (58%), the result showed a high prevalence of hamstring injuries (49%) and toes injuries (43%) in the lower extremities, wrist and hand injuries (33%)and shoulder injuries(30%) in the upper extremities. The highest risk factor for sport injuries was the nature of playing field (99%) among the participants. The players managed their injuries using first aid(53%) and traditional means(46%), but do not usually treat it using physiotherapy means. It was concluded that, there was high prevalence of sport injuries among the local footballers in Tarauni Local Government and majority use of first aid and traditional means of managing sport injuries. It was recommended that, there is need to orient and educate amateur footballers in Tarauni L.G.A about the risk factors and causes of sport injuries and to educate them on the roles of physiotherapy in the managements of sport injuries.
