Research On The Characteristic And Mechanism Of Sports Injury In Young Handball Athletes

PURPOSE: To explore the characteristic and cause of sports injuriy in young handball athletes, in order to further reduce sports injury and improve sports performance. METHODS: The study focuses on 115 young handball athletes from 11 Primary and Secondary Schools in Anqing City. Among them, there are 71 boys and 44 girls. The research methods include literature review, questionnaire survey, expert interview, etc. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the basic information, training condition, competition state, and sports injury situation of handball players. Interviews were carried on 9 experts engaged in handball teaching, training, and rehabilitation work. We use Descriptive Statistics in SPSS Statistical Analysis for data statistics and analysis. RESULTS: There are no significant differences in biological age and training year between male and female adolescent handball athletes in Anqing City(Male vs. Female) (Age: 13.9 ± 3.1 vs. 12.2 ± 1.8y, p > 0.05; TY: 1.1 ± 1.0 vs. 1.2 ± 1.0y, p > 0.05). 109 out of 115 athletes have experienced sports injury, with an injury rate as high as 94.8%. The most common sports injury in girls are finger contusion, shoulder strain and waist sprain. Among them, the finger contusion in girls rank first, that the number of injury is 23, accounting for 20% of the total number. The top three sports injuries in boys are shoulder strain, waist sprain, and knee joint strain. Among them, the number of shoulder injury in boys is the highest, with a total of 25 people, accounting for 21.7% of the total number. A boy suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in his knee joint, which is the most serious sports injury and end his sports career. CONCLUSION: Sports injury is very common in young handball athletes. The most common sports injuries are finger contusion, shoulder strain, waist sprain and knee joint injury, etc. Finger contusion and shoulder strain often occur in the process of passing and receiving handball, indicating a technical mistakes in passing and receiving. Knee and waist injuries easily happen during the athlete's fall after shooting, which proves that jumping force is excessive and exceeds the body's withstand ability. Supported by: The research achievement has sponsored by the general fund project of Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project in Anhui Province in 2022(Project Number: AHSKY2022D184). The research of this thesis has sponsored by the key fund project of Scientific Research Compilation Plan Project in Anhui Province in 2022(Project Number: 2022AH051031).