Sports Injury

Overview

A sports injury is damage to the body's tissues sustained during athletic or physical activity, affecting muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints, and associated structures. Such injuries are commonly classified by mechanism and time course: acute injuries arise from a single traumatic event, such as a sprain, strain, dislocation, fracture, or spinal cord injury, while overuse injuries develop gradually from repetitive loading that exceeds the tissue's capacity to recover. They are also categorized by the tissue involved and by severity, ranging from minor soft-tissue strains to serious skeletal and neurological trauma. Risk is shaped by factors including training load, technique, biomechanics, anatomical alignment, age, fatigue, and the demands of the particular sport, and analyses of movement, such as landing kinematics, hip and lower-limb mechanics, and the kinetic chain from pelvis to foot, help identify modifiable contributors. Prevention is a central concern, emphasizing appropriate conditioning, warm-up and stretching, correct technique, protective equipment, graded progression of training, and targeted neuromuscular programs, particularly in young and developing athletes. Management combines accurate diagnosis, acute treatment, and structured rehabilitation aimed at restoring strength, range of motion, and function while preventing recurrence and guiding safe return to activity. Research into sports injury integrates epidemiology, biomechanics, and clinical care to reduce both the incidence and the long-term consequences of injury.

Research published in this journal

8 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 8 articles above have been cited 8 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• EQUESTRIAN ACCIDENTS – A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
  2026 · International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science
• Factors Associated with Low Back Overuse Injuries in Sports Science Students – A Prospective Study
  2025 · Slovenian Journal of Public Health
• Factors Associated with Low Back Overuse Injuries in Sports Science Students – A Prospective Study
  Maja Mikša Podobnik et al. · 2025 · Slovenian Journal of Public Health
• Musculoskeletal Pain in Undergraduate Students Is Significantly Associated with Psychological Distress and Poor Sleep Quality
  2022 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Musculoskeletal Pain in Undergraduate Students Is Significantly Associated with Psychological Distress and Poor Sleep Quality
  Saad M Alsaadi · 2022 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Poor Motor Coordination Elicits Altered Lower Limb Biomechanics in Young Football (Soccer) Players: Implications for Injury Prevention through Wearable Sensors
  2021 · Sensors
• Poor Motor Coordination Elicits Altered Lower Limb Biomechanics in Young Football (Soccer) Players: Implications for Injury Prevention through Wearable Sensors
  S. D. Paolo et al. · 2021 · Italian National Conference on Sensors
• Efect Physical Activity and Nutrition During The Covid-19 Pandemic
  2021 · International Journal of Engineering Science and Information Technology

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