Abstract
[Purpose] To clarify the current status of female university baseball players by examining the prevalences of sports injuries and anemic symptoms among them through a questionnaire survey. [Subjects and Methods] An online questionnaire survey was conducted, involving 142 female baseball players belonging to 5 universities. [Results] Responses were obtained from 47 (33.1%) players, 24 of whom had a history of sports injuries (traumatic: 29; and overuse/repetitive stress: 18) after university admission. Fourteen players suffered from anemic symptoms, and 24 did not consider nutritional balance when taking meals. There was no association between the presence/absence of anemic symptoms and the consideration of nutritional balance. [Conclusion] More than half of the players had a history of sports injuries occurring after university admission. The prevalence of anemic symptoms among them was also as high as 29.8%, possibly due to various causes, such as excessive exercise loads, in addition to a poor nutritional status.
