COMMON SPORTS-RELATED INJURIES AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REHABILITATION IN THE PREVENTION OF REOCCURRENCE

Abstract

Injuries among student athletes are a major concern, especially when the prevalence of injury is high among load-bearing sports (e.g. basketball, volleyball, football, soccer). The purpose of this study was to determine the most common injuries among college-aged individuals that participated in load-bearing sports, to determine the most common method of treatment/rehab for these injuries, and the prevalence of reoccurrence. We hypothesized that ankle and knee injuries would be the most prevalent type of injury with electric stimulation and bracing as the most common form of treatment. Also, we precluded that higher reoccurrence in ankle injuries would predominate over other reoccurrence injuries

Keywords

• Rehabilitation, Sports related injuries

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