Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey

Tennis which is a sport branch forcing technical, tactical, physiological and psychological capabilities of human is one of the best sports branches. “Sports Injuries” is referred to every kind of damage occurring during sportive activities. Several factors are involved in sports injuries including...

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Main Authors: Orhan Ahmet Sener, Serife Cınar, Taner Zıylan
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Language:English
Published: Selcuk University Press 2016-08-01
Series:Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/271384
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description Tennis which is a sport branch forcing technical, tactical, physiological and psychological capabilities of human is one of the best sports branches. “Sports Injuries” is referred to every kind of damage occurring during sportive activities. Several factors are involved in sports injuries including age, quality of the material used, weather, lighting, court, hall, component, physical condition of the athlete etc. In addition, psychological factor have also been stated to play a role in sports injuries. The study was performed with a questionnaire conducted on 86 elite male tennis players who were playing in Ankara, Konya and Istanbul regions at 1990-1991 season of Turkey Tennis Classification League. In study, 47 players have exposed to injury, while 39 have not. Rates of injuries were found to be higher in the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle regions compared to the other parts of the body. In conclusion, in this study we found that the incidence of injury was 54.65% among male tennis player. In addition, our findings indicated that stressful events experienced by the tennis players were also effective on injuries.
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spelling doaj-art-add67227feb3437c8784cc8203b881772025-02-03T03:38:42ZengSelcuk University PressTürk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi2147-56522016-08-011827678154Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in TurkeyOrhan Ahmet Sener0Serife Cınar1Taner Zıylan2SELCUK UNIVKTO KARATAY ÜNİVERSİTESİKTO KARATAY ÜNİVERSİTESİTennis which is a sport branch forcing technical, tactical, physiological and psychological capabilities of human is one of the best sports branches. “Sports Injuries” is referred to every kind of damage occurring during sportive activities. Several factors are involved in sports injuries including age, quality of the material used, weather, lighting, court, hall, component, physical condition of the athlete etc. In addition, psychological factor have also been stated to play a role in sports injuries. The study was performed with a questionnaire conducted on 86 elite male tennis players who were playing in Ankara, Konya and Istanbul regions at 1990-1991 season of Turkey Tennis Classification League. In study, 47 players have exposed to injury, while 39 have not. Rates of injuries were found to be higher in the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle regions compared to the other parts of the body. In conclusion, in this study we found that the incidence of injury was 54.65% among male tennis player. In addition, our findings indicated that stressful events experienced by the tennis players were also effective on injuries.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/271384causes of injuryinjury incidencetennis players
spellingShingle Orhan Ahmet Sener
Serife Cınar
Taner Zıylan
Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey
Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
causes of injury
injury incidence
tennis players
title Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey
title_full Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey
title_fullStr Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey
title_short Investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players’ injuries in Turkey
title_sort investigation of the incidence and causes elite tennis players injuries in turkey
topic causes of injury
injury incidence
tennis players
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/271384
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