Injury Surveillance in Women's Cricket
Author
Basketter, Gabrielle
Date
2014Type
Dissertation
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The aim of this study was to determine the injuries sustained in women's cricket to gain an
understanding of the different injuries, mechanisms of injury and injury management
during the summer 2013 season. A secondary aim was to discover the risk factors
associated with the women's game and how they might affect injury rates.
A questionnaire collecting information on the player and the injuries sustained during the
summer 2013 season was piloted on a group of local club cricketers before distributing
among county teams. The questionnaire was distributed via email and in person to
women's county cricket teams who compete in the women's county championship. The
questionnaire gathered player information; their training and playing habits; injuries they
sustained; treatments and recovery of injuries; and how the injury effected performance
during the summer 2013 season. Fifty-two participants completed the questionnaire. Some
questionnaires were returned via email and were then printed off and stored into a secure
folder; the majority were returned by hand and then stored into the secure folder. The data
from the questionnaires was put into a customised Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using
descriptive statistics methods and descriptive analysis was used to analyse the data.
Fifty-six percent of women cricketers in this study were taking part in multiple forms of
cricket (examples One-day, T20 etc) including men's cricket. Further, it was found that
county level cricketers accounted for 71.2% of the injuries presented and therefore more
likely to sustain an injury than other levels of cricket players. Fifty-eight percent of pace
bowlers presented with injuries making them more likely to get an injury than other types of
players. Shoulder injuries (28%) were more prevalent than any other area of the body, with
lower back (15%) and wrist and hand (10%) being the areas presenting with next highest
percentage of injuries. Seventy-five percent of bowlers who bowled between 16-30 mins
and 66.7% who bowled between 31-45 mins in their training sessions presented injuries.
The results show that women cricketers are more likely to sustain injuries to the shoulder
than any other area of the body. Pace bowlers are more likely to become injured in
comparison to other players. Acute high intensity bowling workloads could increase the
risk of injury. Over exposure to all formats of cricket matches could increase the risk of
injury. Future studies should look into the amount of exposure to game time that players
are having; the actions of female fast bowlers and an in depth study into shoulder strength
and mechanics of female cricketers to look into any influencing factors affecting the rates
of shoulder injuries to further the knowledge of these areas.
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)
SPORT CONDITIONING, REHABILITATION AND
MASSAGE
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