Assessing the Prevalence and Causes of Sport Injuries in Selected Ethiopian Premier League Football Clubs.
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2018-07-02
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to assess and evaluate the prevalence and causes of sport injures in selected Ethiopian premier league football clubs. For the implementation of the Study, a descriptive survey design was employed. The study subjects were selected from the availability samples. In this attempt, data were collected through questionnaires, structured interviews and observation check list. Consequently, the study demonstrated that the selected Ethiopian men’s premier players ,coaches physiotherapists and technical staffs contributed for the study to be conducted by giving their own views regarding the raised issues were selected on the base of their own voluntary cooperation. The total number of players is 90 of these the researcher selected 3 of the clubs (i.e. 10× 3=30 One club has an average of 10 players). Of this total population, the researcher has taken 3 male Ethiopian male premier football clubs from this 30 male players selected from 3 Ethiopian male premier league football clubs by using Simple random sampling technique was used to select trainees. And, 6 club coaches, 3 physiotherapists and 3 club technical staffs also purposeful sampling technique was applied to gather data. They all, owing to their limited and manageable size, have been taken as a sample study subjects. The study also paid a thorough consideration to the players, coaches’ physiotherapists and for the club technical staffs should contribute for the preventing prevalence and causes of sport injuries as a whole. Moreover, the players awareness about sport injuries ,the coaching system ,and roles of administrative bodies to work cooperatively, the facilities provided, the roles of coaches, lack of un proper using of protective sport equipment’s including shin guards, warm up programs, attention to environmental conditions, first aid and rehabilitation, all other related issues are taken as focal point of the study to achieve these objectives and to detect the factors that hindered the concerned bodies the researcher included male players, coaches, physiotherapists and technical staffs and encouraged them all to involve themselves in the issues raised in terms of the prevalence and causes of sport injuries Their genuine responses are collected and used as analytical framework for the effective implementation of the study.
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Technical, Physiological, Physical, Facility, Performance, Title, Introduction, Sport Injuries, Methods, Materials, Analysis and Conclusion, Psychological