TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of Injury Patterns in Turkiye's National Men's Handball Team During The 2024 European Championship Qualifiers: Implications For Prevention and Management
TT  - 2024 Avrupa Şampiyonası Elemeleri Sırasında Türkiye Milli Erkek Hentbol Takımında Görülen Yaralanmaların Analizi: Önleme ve Yönetim İçin Çıkarımlar
AU  - Yüksel, Fuat
AU  - A. Güzel, Nevin
PY  - 2025
DA  - September
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.37989/gumussagbil.1665848
JF  - Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
JO  - Gümüşhane Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
PB  - Gumushane University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-9954
SP  - 947
EP  - 953
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Handball is one of the most intense indoor sports, characterized by high physical demands such as frequent jumps, rapid changes of direction, and aggressive physical contact. Injuries in handball are common; however, there is limited information on injury patterns in the Turkish national men's handball team. This study aims to examine the patterns of injuries sustained by players during the 2024 European Championship qualification process..This retrospective study included 46 athletes who participated in national team camps and matches between October 2022 and April 2023. Injury data, including type, location, and recovery time, were collected by the team physiotherapist. Descriptive statistics were summarized, and comparisons between acute and overuse injuries were made using the Student's T-test (p
KW  - Professional athletes
KW  - overuse injury
KW  - epidemiology
N2  - Hentbol tekrarlayıcı sıçramalar, ani yöne değiştirmeler, agresif fiziksel temas yüksek fiziksel dayanıklılık gerektiren en yoğun salon sporlarından biridir. Hentbolda yaralanmalar yaygın görülür ancak Türk milli erkek hentbol takımındaki yaralanmalarla ilgili sınırlı bilgi mevcuttur. Bu çalışma 2024 Avrupa şampiyonası eleme sürecinde oyuncuların yaşadığı yaralanmaları incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.Bu retrospektif çalışmaya, Ekim 2022 ile Nisan 2023 arasında milli takım kamplarına ve maçlarına katılan 46 oyuncu dahil edilmiştir. Yaralanma verileri; yaralanmanın tipi, bölgesi ve iyileşme süresi gibi bilgileri içerecek şekilde takım fizyoterapisti tarafından toplanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı istatistikler özetlenmiş ve akut ile aşırı kullanım yaralanmaları arasındaki karşılaştırmalar, Student's T-testi kullanılarak yapılmıştır (p
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