1988 Volume 37 Issue 4 Pages 323-332
This time the statistics for injuries and disorders due to sports in the five-year period up to 1985 were taken, evaluated and compared with those of the last five-year period. The following results were obtained :
1. There were 1, 300 cases of injuries and disorders due to sports in the five-year period up to 1985, which was 4.4% of the total number of outpatients in the department of orthopaedics.
2. Sex : There were more male patients, but the rate of female patients has been increasing lately.
3. Age : Patients in their teens or twenties accounted for about 70%.
4. Body Side : There was no significant difference between incidence of injury on the right side of body or the left, but cases of injuries on both sides have been increasing recently.
5. Kind of Sport : The largest number of trauma were due to skiing, although the number of trauma resulting from playing tennis has been high in the past five-years of investigation.
6. Time of Injury ; Most patients were injured during practice, followed by recreation and game.
7. Position of Truma : Most cases were injuries to their knee joints from skiing.
