Cause And Management Of Sport Injury And Its Impact On Athlets Performance The Case Of Ethiopian Youth Spors Academy

Most athletes that participate in high level sports experience some type of injuries duringrntheir athletic careers. The multi-event nature of track and field posses a particular challengernto a coach trying to prevent and treat athletic injuries because each event presents its ownrnunique problems. Thus the common types of athletics injury, causes, its impact on athletes’rnperformance and treatment and prevention mechanism at the Academy and ATDSTC wererndiscussed under this paper. The purpose of the study was to assess the Causes andrnManagement of Sport Injuries and its impact on Athlete’s performance at Ethiopian YouthrnSports Academy and Athlete Tirunesh Dibaba Sport Training Center. 320 athletes and 1rnphysiotherapist were included as source of information for the study. Data were collectedrnfrom primary and secondary sources. The method of data collection employed includesrnquestionnaire for athletes’, self-administered questionnaire, depth document analysis andrnobservation. The data were analyzed by using simple descriptive statistics such asrnpercentage, frequency and rank order to summarize the results of the research objectives. Thernfindings revealed that most athletic injuries where occurred due to lack of training error,rnproper training equipments, training area and proper treatment. Similar to previous studiesrndone so far the common athletics injuries were seen in the training center. Training errors,rnlack of proper training equipments, areas and injury management were the major causes andrntheir impacts have seen on athlete’s performance.rnKey wards: Performance, Rehabilitation, Sport injury, and Treatment

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