ONE YEAR PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER AMONG FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERS IN HARYANA: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

This study was carried out to find out overall, site specific, role of play specific, gender specific, level of play specific and type of injury specific prevalence rate of musculoskeletal injuries in field hockey players. To work on this a cross sectional survey study was designed. The sample of the study was 111 players (43 males and 68 females) with at least participation at district level. Injury data was collected from each player using modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Injury Questionnaire. Data was entered into MS Excel for further analysis. The finding showed that 42 players out of 111 was injured leading to 38% overall prevalence of injuries among field hockey players. Out of 42 injuries, knee (24%), ankle (19%) and low back (17%) are the first three most common injuries in field hockey players. Forward (40%) and midfielder (39%) sustained maximum injuries among different playing role. Strain (40%) and sprain (31%) are the most common type of injury in field hockey. Male players (61%) injured more than female players (38.9%). National level players had maximum injury prevalence of 59.52%. State level players show injury prevalence of 28.5% and district level players injured at the rate of 11.9%. Prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries is high among field hockey players. Conditioning by coaches and early rehabilitation by physiotherapists are essential to reduce the injury rate.