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One purpose of this study on exercise injuries of Taekwondo players is to diagnose and examine potential causes and types of regional body injuries which they sometimes suffer in Taekwondo drill and match, so that they can exert better performance and skills in stable environment. The other purpose of this study is to help players or coaches recognize and understand the results of analysis on injuries of Taekwondo players, so that it may contribute to minimizing their injuries in drill or match.
As a part of survey, this study adopted a questionnaire form comprising total 25 question items. Total 300 male Taekwondo players attending 12 men's middle schools were asked to join this survey. And 264 valid and complete questionnaire forms were screened from all 300 players for data analysis. As a result, this study comes to the following conclusions:
1) Except just 3 respondents, 261 respondents(99%) answered that they were ever injured in drill or match. So it is necessary to take preventive countermeasures for potential risk of injury, while coaching staffs should take best care of their players as possible. And it is important that our players should know about certain body regions that are very susceptible to injuries in drill or match, and should also feel it necessary to take preventive measures for potential injuries.
2) It was found that most injured regions were focused on feet, arms and legs. In case of foot region, there were almost equal frequencies of injury among instep, ankle and toes. In case of arm region, finger injury accounted for 50% of all injuries. And in case of leg region, knee injury accounted for 43% of all injuries. It was noted that our respondents showed higher frequency of finger injury than any other injuries they ever suffered. Thus, it is necessary for our Taekwondo players to wear protective outfits to prevent them from potential injuries on each body region, and ball their fists in match to avoid potential risk of injuries on or in finger.
3) For the type of frequent injuries, it was found that blister accounted for 50% of all skin injuries; bone bruise accounted for 61% of all bone injuries; and muscle bruise accounted for 57% of all muscle and tendon injuries. Here, our respondents suffered blister more frequently than any other injuries. Therefore, it is more important that their injuries, even a light injury caused by bodily touch or friction during their drill or match, should be treated with appropriate medical care to prevent the injuries from aggravation into more serious cases, apart from seriousness of all injuries(e.g. blister, bone bruise, muscle bruise, etc) that our Taekwondo players suffer.
Moreover, although our players showed low frequency of neurosensory injuries, they are likely to suffer serious symptoms from such injuries, so it is necessary to promptly and appropriately treat the injuries. Above all, it is more important to mandate Taekwondo players to wear protective outfit to prevent them from potential injuries.
4) In terms of when they get injured in their body regions, it was found that most respondents suffered injuries at afternoon(75%), during winter(43%) and at exercise game(57%). In particular, it is noteworthy that psychological weakness(i.e. mental defects) of players is associated with their injuries.
5) It was found that lack of warmup and cooldown(19%) accounted for most representative cause of injuries, while complete warmup and cooldown(38%) accounted for most representative way to prevent any injury. This finding indicates why it is important for our Taekwondo players to steadily practice warmup and cooldown. Thus, it is essential that coaching staffs should instruct their players in such preventive measures and players should keep practicing them habitually.
6) For possible channels of diagnosis and medical treatment after injury, it was found that our respondents showed relatively high preference for diagnosis and medical treatment from medical specialists(doctors : 55%, hospital: 64%, physical therapy 39% respectively), and these medical channels were effective in treatment of our players. Therefore, it is required to assure placement of medical staffs like medical specialist or trainers in preparation for potential injuries during match or drill.