A Study on Sport Injuries of The Pencak Silat Competitors Participating in The 45th Thailand National Sports University Games “Institute of Physical Education Games”

Abstract

This research aims to determine a study on sport injuries of the Pencak Silat competitors participating in the 45^th Thailand National Sports University games “institute of physical education games”. The population consisted of the 100 Pencak Silat players who participated in institute of physical education tournament for the 45^th. The tools in this study were a questionnaire, observe form and an interview form. The subjects were purposive sampling. They were injury of the 100 Pencak Silat players occurring tournament and observe 30 players who injury from the tournament for interview. The obtained data were analyzed into means and percentile.

The research result was revealed as followed: The major findings were as follows: 1. The injuries during the competition (1) Injuries were mostly inflicted to the ankles, feet and toes (26.7%), thighs (23.3%),  and knees (20.0%)(2) The most frequent suffered injuries muscles contusion (66.7%) (3) External causes of injuries were striking with opponent (100.0%) and (4) Treatment most frequently applied to injuries include ice (83.3%), massaging (50.0%), taping (58.49%), competitors treating themselves (80.0%)