A 15-year-old boy with severe bilateral hip joint pain and restriction of mobility presented to the casualty ward. He had earlier been treated for tuberculosis of the hip, with no relief. Our work up revealed a case of severe juvenile-onset ankylosing spondylitis with predominant hip involvement and accompanying sacroiliitis.
Background: Kho-Kho, a popular sport in India, is a game of fitness, timing, reflex and stamina. This game involves rapid and forceful movements of the body as a whole with quick reflexes resulting in frequent injuries. These injuries result from accidents, poor training practices, inadequate facilities, lack of conditioning, or insufficient warm-up and stretching.It is necessary to understand the injury prevalence, so as to identify risk factors and to set up preventive measures.Objective: To determine the prevalence and nature of injuries in school and college going Kho-Kho players.Methods: Injuries in school and college going Kho-Kho players for past one year were assessed with the help of the questionnaire.Results: There was a higher prevalence of injuries (83.4%) in these young athletes. The time loss due to muscle and ligament injury was 1-3 weeks.
Conclusion:A high prevalence of injuries was noted in school and college going kho-kho players in the past one year.Lower limb injuries were more common. The knee, ankle & foot and wrist & hand were the most commonly injured sites.
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