Abstract

Kabaddi Players had to perform different types of natural and unnatural movements. For the nature of competition, unnatural body movements, lack of knowledge about fitness and foul play, injuries occur at different levels, gender and age groups of Kabaddi players. The game is played and organized at low cost and not well prepared grounds with comparison to other sports. At least practical experiences across rural Bengal support this view. Even at International levels players are prone to injury for the games speedy character and aggressive nature. Keeping the aforesaid scenario in view it was decided to look into the kinds, intensity and probability of injuries of the game. The intension in selecting it for injury-research was also to help the economically backward players, in rural Bengal in particular, get over their injury. For injury-research the tile was “a study on nature of sports injuries among the players of different age and gender groups in kabaddi”. For the purpose of the study 154 Kabaddi players of repute was considered as the subject of the study. Each subject was provided with a questionnaire in connection with sports injuries genesis, history and frequency of injury suffered by the Kabaddi players from the analysis of the questionnaires. And from the study it was found that, in case of senior male and female Kabaddi players, as ankle ligament (sprain) injury was concern, male and female reported 25.93% and 14.29%; Knee ligament (sprain) injury 18.52 % and 25.71%; contusion or bruise were 12.96% and 5.71%; and laceration 5.56% and 17.14% respectively. Among under nineteen male and female Kabaddi players it was recorded that female reported higher ankle ligament (sprain) injury 23.81% and male 19.23%. But in knee ligament (sprain) injury Male-23.08% and female 19.05%.Contusion or bruise 19.23% and 19.05%, laceration 11.54% and 14.29% respectively. From the age group of under seventeen male Kabaddi players the injury percentage was recorded as ankle and  knee ligament (sprain) was same as male  19.05% female 11.76% and 17.65%. Contusion or bruise and muscle or tendon (strain) injuries were 23.81% and 23.53% each. Laceration was 9.52% and 17.65% respectively. In case of under fourteen male and female Kabaddi players, knee ligament (sprain) injury 25% and 20%. And ankle ligament (sprain), contusion or bruise and muscle or tendon (strain) injury was 18.75% and in female it was 20%, 20% and 13.33% respectively. And finally it was concluded that Higher the age groups higher was the frequency and severity of injury.