@article {Mathur129, author = {D. N. Mathur and S. O. Salokun and D. P. Uyanga}, title = {Common injuries among Nigerian games players}, volume = {15}, number = {2}, pages = {129--132}, year = {1981}, doi = {10.1136/bjsm.15.2.129}, publisher = {British Association of Sport and Excercise Medicine}, abstract = {The study investigated the common types and sites of injuries which were sustained by male soccer, basketball and field hockey players during a period of 8 weeks of intensive training and competition. In all, 170 soccer players, 127 basketball players and 212 hockey players drawn from various clubs in Nigeria formed the subjects of the study, a total of 509 patients. Questionnaires on the prospective injury experience were handed over to the club members. A total of 630, 308 and 641 injuries were recorded in soccer, basketball and hockey respectively. In soccer the common injuries were sprains and strains (45.6\%), bruises and cuts (27.0\%) and concussion (15.2\%). The lower limb had the highest number of injuries (49.1\%). In basketball common injuries were sprains and strains (41.5\%), bruises and cuts (26.7\%) and swelling and blisters (22.1\%). The most common site of injury was the upper limb which sustained 45.8\% of the injuries. The common injuries in hockey were bruises and cuts (50.8\%), swelling and blisters (21.5\%) and sprains and strains (20.2\%). The lower limb sustained the highest number of injuries (57.5\%).}, issn = {0306-3674}, URL = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/15/2/129}, eprint = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/15/2/129.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of Sports Medicine} }