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Warm-up Knowledge, Level of Practice and its Correlation with Injury Prevalence in College Athletes


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Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of warm-up among athletes and, find out the relationship between warm-up and injury prevalence. Warm-up is a widely accepted practice and is universally performed as efficient tool to improve physical performance in sports and athletic events. Young athletes often do not warm-up adequately and run the risk of injury. This could be attributed to a low level of knowledge about the importance of warm-up. Adequate knowledge of the potential benefits of warm-up and a positive attitude towards it can aid the minimization of sports related injuries and encourage student athletes to adopt structured programs that would improve performance.

Methods: A cross sectional survey included 250 athletes from non-medical colleges within the age group 15 to 25 years who had participated in athletics and sports at different levels of competition. Participants completed a questionnaire, the data of which were analyzed.

Results: Study findings showed that most of the athletes (68.4%) showed moderate knowledge of warm-up while majority (71.2%) exhibited excellent practice of warm-up. Injury prevalence reported as 71.2% among the participants. There was no correlation between knowledge and injury prevalence (χ²=5.03, p=0.388, NS) as well as level of practice and injury prevalence (χ²=6.43, p=0.109, NS).

Conclusions: While adequate knowledge and practice of warm-up may not lessen the incidence of injury, further investigation into the practice of warm-up specific to activity is required to draw more comprehensive conclusions.


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Warm-up, Knowledge, Injury Prevalence
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Melissa Teresa Romer
Department of Physiotherapy, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India
R. Kanagaraj
Department of Physiotherapy, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India
V. V. Jidesh
Department of Physiotherapy, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India

Abstract


Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of warm-up among athletes and, find out the relationship between warm-up and injury prevalence. Warm-up is a widely accepted practice and is universally performed as efficient tool to improve physical performance in sports and athletic events. Young athletes often do not warm-up adequately and run the risk of injury. This could be attributed to a low level of knowledge about the importance of warm-up. Adequate knowledge of the potential benefits of warm-up and a positive attitude towards it can aid the minimization of sports related injuries and encourage student athletes to adopt structured programs that would improve performance.

Methods: A cross sectional survey included 250 athletes from non-medical colleges within the age group 15 to 25 years who had participated in athletics and sports at different levels of competition. Participants completed a questionnaire, the data of which were analyzed.

Results: Study findings showed that most of the athletes (68.4%) showed moderate knowledge of warm-up while majority (71.2%) exhibited excellent practice of warm-up. Injury prevalence reported as 71.2% among the participants. There was no correlation between knowledge and injury prevalence (χ²=5.03, p=0.388, NS) as well as level of practice and injury prevalence (χ²=6.43, p=0.109, NS).

Conclusions: While adequate knowledge and practice of warm-up may not lessen the incidence of injury, further investigation into the practice of warm-up specific to activity is required to draw more comprehensive conclusions.


Keywords


Warm-up, Knowledge, Injury Prevalence

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