Injury patterns and the effect of the difference in practice time after returning to sport activities from refraining club activities following a COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has affected sports activities. The athletes experienced unprecedented circumstances of the cancellation of club activities, which affected them physically and psychologically, and may have been related to the occurrence of injuries. The purpose was to investigate the injuries that occurred after the period of restraint in club activities, and to explore the characteristics of the players who were injured after the period of restraint. This study was a cross-sectional survey. The target was students at the University of sports club activities who refrained from club activities for two months. The survey items were the type and location of injuries that occurred after the restraint period, the time difference in practice, the apathy score, WHO-5 during and after restriction. The total number of respondents was 148, and the number of injuries was 52. Sprains occurred in 11 cases, and the most common location of injury was the lower extremity with 36 cases. The number of the injured group was 40, and the number of the uninjured group was 108. The time difference in practice time during and after restraint was significantly greater in the injured group (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in apathy score and WHO-5.