Epidemiology Of Varsity Sports
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Varsity sports is in many schools as important as academics, especially
in the United States. These schools rely a great deal on the success of their
teams for financial stability and enrollment interest. The athletes as well
take their sport very seriously, if only for the sake of their pride.
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.... in Men's and Women's
Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics and Track and Field, Men's Soccer, and
Wrestling, and Women's Field Hockey.
BASKETBALL
The study of the nature and extent of athletic injuries Occuring in
Women's Basketball by Hanes and Murray in 1982 found an injury rate of 41.7 per
100 players. Of these injuries 56.9% were ankle sprains, 24.1% were muscle
strains. 76.2% of the sprains and strains occurred to the lower extremities.
Injured fingers ( which were the only ....
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