2017 Volume 6 Issue 4 Pages 197-200
The purpose of this study was to identify a gender-specific pattern of volleyball injuries. We surveyed a total of 469 patients (1046 injuries). We divided injuries into seven parts, shoulder, low back, knee, lower leg, ankle, foot, and others. There were significant differences in disease-specific injury incidence of foot, low back, shoulder, lower leg (P <0.01). The incidence of metatarsal stress fracture was found to be higher in women,whereas myofascial low back pain was common in both men and women. However, the incidence of discogenic low back pain was higher in men. Further, the incidence of shoulder impingement syndrome was higher in men, whereas that of loose shoulder was higher in women. The incidence of shin splints was found to be higher in women. The injuries occurred in the foot, low back, shoulder, lower leg was found to differ between men and women who play volleyball. Therefore, instructions given to volleyball players during conditioning should take gender differences into consideration.
