Preventive Methods for Case Series Karate Injuries- A Review

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

卷:14

Sajjan Pal¹ 

[1] Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physiotherapy, SGT University, Gurgoan, Haryana, India.;

关键词: conditioning programs;    martial art;    mouthguards;    protective equipment;   

DOI  :  10.7860/JCDR/2020/45510.14154

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Sports injury is a major concern for athletes. Karate is a form of martial art that is practiced widely across the world. Injuries areinherent in karate as it is a combative sport. Therefore, there is a need of implementation of preventive strategies which play agreat role in reducing the injuries. This review aimed to identify common injuries and preventive strategies for injury preventionin karate athletes. An electronic search in Google Scholar, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus was conducted byusing following keywords: karate athletes, common injuries, prevention and protective equipment. Studies on injury prevention inkarate athletes and studies published in English language were included in this review. Reviews and studies with free access toonly abstract have been excluded. Protective equipment like mouthguards, groin guards, knuckle protection, gloves and properpadding help in prevention of injury. Strict implementation of rules and specific conditioning programs were found to be effectivein injury prevention and should be encouraged for injury prevention in karate athletes. Athletes, parents and coaches should beeducated regarding evolving injury prevention methods. Also, it was found that there were very few number of RCTs done in regardsto preventive training programs in martial arts and karate.

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