Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among cricket players

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among cricket players at university levels. Methods: This was a survey study. For this study 127 cricket players from different departments of RIMT University were selected. The data were collected with help of Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaires and analysed with help of suitable tools. Results: 127 cricket players were taken as sample and among them 45% players were batsman, 10.6% players were bowlers and 44.4% players were all-rounders, results show the following percentage of pain at different anatomical sites i.e., shoulder (44.10%), elbow (20.50%), wrist (27.50%), upper back (21.30%), lower back (28.30), hip (23.60%), knee (30.70) and ankle (29.90%). Conclusions: This study showed very high prevalence of pain in shoulder (44.10%) in upper limb and in knee (30.70%) in lower limb.