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30 / 06 / 2016

 


Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital

Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah.


Abstract
Inroduction: regular physical activity is essential for the prevention of various diseases and reduces the risk of premature mortality in general and coronary heart disease, hypertension, colon cancer, obesity and diabetes mellitus in particular.
Aim of this study was to assess the most common sports causing injuries and to assess the types and mechanisms of these injuries.
Patients and  methods: The researcher examined 250 patients attending emergency departmentl.
Results: The study showed that the most common type of sports involved in injury was football .The ankle was the most common affected part in the whole body . Chest contusion and back contusion were the most common types of sports injuries in head, neck and trunk. Fracture scaphoid and fissure radius were the most common sport injuries. Ankle sprain was the most common injury. The study showed that (62.7%) of the studied patients who were playing football had injuries in the lower limbs. Ankle sprain was the most common sport injury that was associated with wearing football shoes .
Conclusion: Ankle sprain was the most common sport injury associated with artificial grass court . Wrist sprain was the common sport injury in the upper limbs associated with artificial grass court.  

Key words: sport injury, football, ankle sprain


 
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Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. Int J Surg Med. 2017; 3(1): 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury


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Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. https://www.ejos.org/?mno=220082 [Access: February 20, 2024]. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury


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Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. Int J Surg Med. 2017; 3(1): 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. Int J Surg Med. (2017), [cited February 20, 2024]; 3(1): 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury



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Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah (2017) Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. Int J Surg Med, 3 (1), 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury



Turabian Style

Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. 2017. Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 3 (1), 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury



Chicago Style

Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. "Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3 (2017), 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah. "Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3.1 (2017), 45-51. Print. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Adel Hamed Elbaih, Monira Taha Ismail, Mohamed Salh, Emad Aldine Abd Algwad, Ahmed Abd Elfatah (2017) Prevalence and types of sports injuries presenting to emergency department Suez Canal University Hospital. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 3 (1), 45-51. doi:10.5455/ijsm.sportsinjury