Handball Injuries during Asian Men's Championship 2008

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence and patterns of handball injuries during Asian men's championship 2008. Data were collected by injury report form that complete by researcher and video analysis. A total of 69 injuries were reported from the 26 matches, which is equivalent to an incidence of 195 injuries per 1000 match hours or 2.65 injuries per match. Back players (300.4 injuries per 1000 match hours) significantly more injured than other players (chi(2)=14.828; p=.002). Most of the injuries occurred in lower extremity (46%) than other body parts (chi(2)=17.319; p=.001). most injuries occurred in the last 10 minutes of the second half (33%) (chi(2)=22.391; p<.001). Also most injury occurred in second half (74%) than first half (26%). The majority of injuries were caused by contact with another player, only 18.8% were non-contact injuries. 68% of the contact injuries were caused by direct contact and 32% by non-direct contact, the differences were significant (chi(2)=6.333; p=.012). This study shows factors such as time elapse of the game and player position can be affected player injuries and these factors should be considered by medical staff and coaches for design prophylactics programs.