Incidence of injuries among amateur badminton players

Abstract

The main aims of this study were, firstly, to investigate the frequency, location, and severity of injuries in amateur badminton players, and then to determine risk factors that may be associated with a higher incidence of injuries. A cross-sectional study, composed of 150 players drawn from the 2018 BWF European Senior Championships, was analyzed. The definitions and types of injury included in the study are based on those published in previous epidemiology studies. Among the 150 players analyzed, 221 injuries were observed, of which the highest proportion (40.3%, n = 89) affected the lower limb. Of these 22.44% were to the knee and 18.3% to the leg. In the upper limb, the shoulder was most frequently affected (11.8%). The mean rate of injuries per 1000 hours of play was 0.134 (standard deviation [SD]: 0.1), with 0.138 (SD: 0.1) among the male players and 0.131 (SD: 0.08) among the female players ( P = .981: F = 0.001). The average duration of the injuries suffered exceeded 28 days in 34.5% of the cases. The incidence of injury varied according to sex and age. Most injuries affected the muscles, especially those of the knee (in the lower limbs) and the shoulder (in the upper limbs).

Sports Specific Injury Pattern of Sportspersons

“…In the current study it is found that in sports: volleyball, handball, judo and wrestling, cricket, lawn tennis, badminton, table tennis and swimming; maximum percentage of injuries occurred to upper limb area. Rodriguez et al [18] had mentioned shoulder is the most frequently affected area of amateur badminton players. The same study also mentioned that in lower limb region knee and in upper limb region shoulder area are affected by most injuries [18].…”

“…Rodriguez et al [18] had mentioned shoulder is the most frequently affected area of amateur badminton players. The same study also mentioned that in lower limb region knee and in upper limb region shoulder area are affected by most injuries [18]. Volleyball players are prone to shoulder injuries because of repeated involvement of overhead motions [19,20].…”

Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with injury: comparison between elite Malaysian able-bodied and para-badminton players

“…In this study, predictors of injury observed among elite ablebodied badminton players were age, sex and history of injury. Older players were found to be more susceptible to upper limb and torso injury, which could be due to increases in physical demand during training and competition as players progress from junior elite to elite where the level of competition increases [37], which is similar to other reports [37][38][39]. Furthermore, older players are predisposed to overtraining and burnout, where the accumulation of the stress state exceeds that of recovery, which is commonly attributed to improper training design and insufficient rest periods [40][41][42].…”

Play Badminton Forever: A Systematic Review of Health Benefits

“…For this reason, the present work is of great importance to the scientific community that has already extensively studied the most frequent injuries sustained in badminton, according to the competitive level of badminton practice, but never its benefits [ 29 , 30 ].…”