Prevalence and pattern of injuries among players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball club

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dc.contributor.advisorPharaoh, Hamilton
dc.contributor.authorAbdelnour, Hassan
dc.contributor.authorTwetwa, Andiswa
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-23T08:33:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T10:28:44Z
dc.date.available2023-02-23T08:33:59Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T10:28:44Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionMasters of Scienceen_US
dc.description.abstractIn addition to football and basketball, volleyball has become a very popular sport globally over the last 30 years. The international federation of volleyball represents about 150 million players in approximately 170 countries. While a large body of research has been conducted regarding the nature and prevalence of volleyball injuries internationally, very little has been done locally or on the African continent to assess the status of injuries incurred at professional or amateur Ievels. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of injuries sustained by professional volleyball players of a club in the WPVU in one season. An exploratory, descriptive, nonexperimental approach was used for this study on 42 volleyball players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball club. A self-administered questionnaire that was based on a questionnaire used in a Dutch national volleyball study was used in the present study. A response rate of 89.4% was obtained. The collected data were captured and analysed by means of the Statistical Package for Social Science version 14.0 (SPSS). The associations between variables were evaluated by means of the chi-square test and a 5o/o level of significance was used. The results were displayed using tables, bar chart, and pie chart. Most of the volleyball players sustained one or more injuries in the season, giving a prevalence rate of 88.1%. The incidence rate was 1.2 injuries per player. Injuries prevalence was higher among male players 54.1%othan female players 45.9%. Among the injured players, ankle and knee injuries showed the highest injury prevalence with 25.5% for each followed by 19.6% for shoulder injuries. The study revealed 69.2% injury prevalence with a higher significance (p=0.04) that players who are injured in the ankle were in contact. Half of the injuries (50%), which occurred gradually, were prevalent in the shoulder, followed by the knee (28.6%o), then the ankle and fingers (14.3%). Players in the left and right front row were significantly (p:0.008) more prone to be injured during spiking. Awareness programmes highlighting prevention strategies and physiotherapy intervention are required for coaches and players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball club to assist in the prevention of volleyball injuries.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/19281
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectVolleyballen_US
dc.subjectUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectSporten_US
dc.subjectInjuriesen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectPafternen_US
dc.subjectPreventionen_US
dc.subjectIncidenceen_US
dc.subjectPlayersen_US
dc.subjectNatureen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and pattern of injuries among players at the University of the Western Cape volleyball cluben_US

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