Abstract

All injuries that occurred in the 1985 Northern Open Wrestling Tournament were documented. Of the 341 wrestlers entered, 32.25 (n=108) sustained an injury. Injuries occurred in 20.82 (n=129) of the 629 matches that took place. Analysis of the data using a one way Chi-Square revealed that injuries were not evenly distributed among the ten weight classes. However, no pattern of injury incidence was found. The frequency of injuries for each body area are as follows: Face 31.7 (n=41); legs, 25.2 (n=33); arms, 22.4 (n=29); Head and neck, 11.6 (n=15); trunk, 8.5 (n=11). Mild injuries occurred 39.5 (n=51) of the time while 52.7 (n=68) were judged to be moderate in severity and 7.7 (n=10) were classified as severe injuries. A one way Chi-square analysis revealed that although wrestlers were not more susceptible to injury after they had completed several matches, injury patterns changed after each wrestler competed in more than one match. Moderate and severe injuries were more frequent later in the tournament than were mild injuries. Verf.-Referat