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KNEE INJURY: A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG MALE SPORTS PARTICIPANTS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH OVERALL LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY AMONG SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Sibgha Jamil, Mahrosh Raza, Sania Tanveer Qazi, Naheeda Javed, Saima Babar, Tamjeed Ghaffar, Hifza Mubarik, Aqdas Waheed

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ABSTRACT

Background:The knee is amongst the largest, complicated and most commonly injured joint among young sports participants. Knee injuries accounts for 15-50% of all sport related injuries drastically restricting field rehearsal and performance level. Increase sports participation not only has great health benefits but can also be major reason for knee related injuries.

Objectives:The purpose of this study is to find out the prevalence of knee injuries among male sports participants of school, colleges and universities of Abbottabad. Simultaneously our secondary outcome measure is to find out the association of knee injury and overall level of productivity among students.

Methods:After approval of this cross-sectional survey research proposal by the IRB, data was collected from male students of schools, colleges and universities of District Abbottabad. Convenient sampling technique was carried out to include the participants in the study. The duration of study was 6 months. Raosoft Online Sample Size Calculator was used to determine sample size. With a margin of error of 5%, a confidence interval of 95%, a total sample size of 377 was recruited. The NPRS a self-reported, or clinician administered, measurement tool was used in the collection of data. Analysis of collected data was performed through SPSS version 20.0. Data entry was performed manually and then was further organized into frequency tables.

 

Results:History of knee trauma and existing knee pain/injury were calculated by adding a closed ended question in the self-designed questionnaire. According to our results, 56.0% have had knee pain/ injury once in their lives and 44% did not experience any pain or injury related to knee joint. Furthermore, our study results concluded the fact that 41.6% are mostly not aware of their knee problems while 31% were monthly aware.13% participants were always aware, 12.2% were weekly aware and 2.1% were daily aware of their knee problem. Our interpretation of the data 44.3% did not  modify their lifestyle at all, 23.3% moderately, 21.8% mildly, 6.4% totally and 4.2% severely modified their life style in order to avoid potential damaging activities to the knee joint.

 

Conclusion:

 Knee injuries are prevalent among male schools, colleges and universities students of Abbottabad. Also, students lack basic level of awareness and knowledge about management of such injuries.

Keywords:Prevalence, Knee Injuries, Sports Participants