Environmental factors and sports injuries in Indian elite university wrestlers

Abstract

This Research investigates the connection between environmental variables and athletic injuries among India's top collegiate wrestlers. It explores how environmental factors including training facilities, equipment quality, weather, and geographic location affect the frequency and severity of injuries in this athletic population through a thorough assessment of the literature and empirical study. The elite wrestlers from the All-India Inter-University Wrestling Competition in November 2022 were the subject of the retrospective study that is being conducted. Using a well-structured injury report form, the researchers gathered daily training and match-play injury data. Common injuries, anatomical body location, injury severity, and risk factors (cause of injury) are all listed on the injury report form. Two dimensions comprise the risk variables: external risk factors and intrinsic risk factors. The degree of the injury determined by how much time was missed from practice and competition as a result of sports-related injuries The India University Wrestling Championship had an incidence rate (IR) of 71.08 per 1012 hours, an epidemiologic incidence proportion (IP) of 0.131, and a clinical incidence of 0.511. The average number of days lost from training and competition due to injury severity was 91.06. The results provide important new information for improving training conditions and ensuring the safety of India's top wrestlers by illuminating the complex interactions between environmental factors and injury risk.