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Injuries in karate trainers and their connection to former active karate training

PURPOSE: Karate has usually been considered as one of the most dangerous sports due to the frequency of possible injuries, but the recent studies prove opposite (Antekolović, LJ., M., Wertheimer, V., 2016). Previous studies have mostly been focused on active athletes’ injuries, while the ones occurring in former athletes and trainers have been neglected. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of injuries of the locomotor system in karate trainers that are no longer actively included in training karate and link it to previous active karate training. This study also compared opinions of trainers and opinions of doctors about correlation between present injuries and previous active karate training. METHODS: The sample of study consisted of 152 karate trainers (F=17 / M=125) (mean: 40.20. min: 19, max: 64) who have voluntarily decided to participate in the study. 90% of the respondents have trained karate for more than 10 years. With the aim of collecting data and anamnesis, a questionnaire was conducted and given to the trainers to fill out on their own. RESULTS: Results show that a large number of trainers link their current injuries with previous active karate training, especially skeletal (76, 92%) and muscular (60%) injuries, while the percentage of axial skeleton injuries is somewhat smaller (40, 91%). Injuries prevalence of current age injuries and injuries gained throughout active karate training show statistically significant difference (p<0.05). A large percentage of doctors confirm their patients’(karate trainers) opinions that present injuries are connected to previous active karate training (r=0.90, p<0.05) especially when it comes to joint injuries (57, 69%), while the percentage is lower in muscular (40%) and axial skeleton (31, 82%) injuries. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that after ending their active karate training career, trainers have smaller risk of injuries, which can be linked to the absence of competitions where injuries mostly occur. Results also show that high percentage of trainers (52, 79%) link their present injuries with previous active karate training, while at the same time a high percentage of doctors (40, 71%) share their opinion.

present/currennt injuries, active karate training, absence of competitions

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