Abstract
Since the first All-Japan Women's Judo Championship was held in 1978, women judoists have been rapidly increasing in number.
On the other hand, however, the number of judoists who get injured while practicing or taking part in matches has been increasing.
In view of this fact, we have tried to obtain information by means of questionnaires given to 392 women judoists with a view to finding the actual situation of the injuries suffered by women judo trainees and thus turning the findings to advantage, in order to prevent such injuries in future. The results are as follows:
1. In the case of parts injured, these is a growing tendency for injuries on the joints of the foot, waist, and knee; and the arm, leg and so on.
2. In the case of complaints, a sprain in the joints of the foot, lumbago, and so forth were found to occur frequently.
3. Compared with men, women have more injuries to the joints of the foot, knee, and waist, and the arm. There was a tendency that less injuries were found in the joints of the shoulder and the head. Also the results showed a tendency for less women to have fractured bones than men.
4. Various injuries were often recorded for those who are small in stature and are of light weight. In addition, injuries to the waist occur frequently regardless of stature or weight.
5. As for men, many suffer injury when they are thrown down, and there was a high tendency for women to get bruises on the waist when they were thrown down. As mentioned above, the condition of the occurrence of injuries for women was almost the same as for men, but on the other hand, as to the injury of bodily parts, women showed a different tendency. Accordingly, in order to prevent bodily injury, I think it seems to be necessary that we should think out the method of practicing, giving careful consideration to the physical characteristics of women in general.
