The design and implementation of sport medicine federation`s injury surveillance system of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 athletic training physical education faculty university of Tehran - tehran Iran

2 athletic training . university of tehran

3 athletic training university of Tehran

Abstract

Introduction: Occurrence of injury following sports participation is unavoidable. . Using sport injury surveillance systems is a suitable tool in injury recording. The present study aimed to design and implement a sport injury surveillance system.
Method: following designing the sport injury application, data was collected as a pilot according to injury surveillance method. Software engineers designed Sport injury recording application for cellphones with android operating system. Athletic trainers were trained to work with the application. In a pilot implementation in Alborz province, athletic trainers recorded athlete`s sport injuries in soccer, volleyball, handball, taekwondo and wrestling in a period of 6 months via their user account.
Results: 81 sport injuries were reported in the pilot implementation of sport injury surveillance system in 6 months. Incidence rate of 1.39 injury per 1000 athletes registered was calculated. Contusion and bruising (37%) was the most common type of injury. Furthermore, fingers (18.5%) and knee were the most common body parts injured.
Discussion: Sport injury record was done comprehensively web based without paper form involvement. Designing and implementing cellphone based sport injury application was an important outcome of the present study. Present of a specific definition of injury and use of available and user friendly tool may become effective in recording injuries especially mild ones.

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