The evaluation of sport injuries and medical recovery methods based on the sport and its level of practice

Abstract

Introduction. Sports injuries may occur when engaging physical activity due to over-training, lack of conditioning, improper form, technique or equipment. Aim of the study. To explore if practicing a sport changes predisposition of encountering one or another type of trauma. Seek for a link between the number of training hours/week or the amount of training years and the presence/absence of injuries. Finding which medical specialty has higher effect on sustaining the physical effort recovery. Material and methods. Cross-sectional study including a convenience sample of 62 voluntary students from the Physical Education and Sport Specialty of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Tîrgu Mureș and a number of 79 diagnostics. A questionnaire was administrated and statistical analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel and MedCalc 18.2.1 using a 0.05 level of significance. Results. There was no statistically significant association found between the environment of origin or practicing sports (football, basketball, handball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, bodybuilding, parkour and free running) and any type of injury, p>0.05, as well as there was no statistically significant difference between age and the presence or absence of any kind of trauma, p>0.05. No significant statistic association was found, between practicing any type of sport (contact vs. non-contact, individual vs. team game, amateur vs professional) and the presence of sport injuries, p>0,05. Another result in regards to the training hours/week or the amount of training years, we couldn’t find any statistically significant difference between them and the presence/absence of sport injuries, p>0.05. Furthermore, although there wasn’t any statistically significant association between physiotherapy and effort recovery, p>0.05, we found a statistically significant association between orthopedic treatment and the recovery of exercise capacity, p<0.0001. Another important result would be that there is a statistically significant association between being treated in the public system and the effort recovery, p<0.0001. Conclusions. Our athletes’ sport injuries are not determined by either any sport in particular, from the ones we mentioned above, neither by the training hours/week or the amount of years of training. A very important factor in maintaining a good performance state is having a short recovery time. That would be possible if athletes would first consult an orthopedic doctor in order to have a good recovery plan.