태권도 선수의 체급별에 따른 운동상해와 대처방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study is to understand the bodily part, type, time and causes of injuries occurred in training and game of Taekwondo and to examine the effective counteractions against them. The subjects of this study was constitutedby total KTA(Korea Taekwondo Association)-registered 159 players (male: 81 and female: 79) of university/industry teams participating in National Taekwondo tournaments in February 2007. I adopted the questionnaires as measurement tool and the self administration method and collected the relevant data directly with help of assistants. The data were not proved as missed or insufficient and then were processed by statistics program of Window SPSS Ver 11.0 for getting observed frequency and Χ²(chi­square) test for cross-analysis of variables. The conclusion of this study is as follows: First, the players had often injuries in unprotected faces and fingers, and in particular, frequently used legs. The types of injuries were bruise and muscle pain, mainly in winter season. The cause of injuries was by poor physical conditions. The first intervention for injuries was the application of ice pack. The players agreed that the wearing the protective tools was necessary for prevention of injuries. Second, bodily parts of injuries in both of male and female were different in head, nose, mouth, back, shoulder, forearm, back of hand, fingers, back of foot, thigh and toe. This difference was made from bone fracture, ligament damage, bruise, sprain, dislocation, muscle pain, abrasion and back pain. The injuries when applying kicking technique depended on players' gender. Third, bodily injury parts by weight grade were varied in head, neck, eye, nose, mouth, jaw, clavicle, elbow, finger and wrist. This difference was made from bone fracture, ligament damage, dislocation, and abrasion. The care after injury had significant differences by weight grade.