Identification of sports injuries in semarang city communities based on gender

Abstract

The study aims to determine the type of injury and location of sports injuries experienced by the people of Semarang City based on gender. The survey method used in this study. The population of this study was the people of Semarang who became patients of Seger Waras Massage Clinic. The samples in this study used total sampling techniques. Collect data using questionnaires. Data analysis using frequency statistics. The results showed that sports injuries that occurred in Semarang city people consisted of 1.12% male and 3.06% female neck injuries, 10.82% male shoulders and 15.31% female, male outer elbows 0.87% and 1.02% female, 0.37% male inner elbows and 0% female, 1.99% male and female wrists 12.24%, 0.25% male and female palms 1.02%, male fingers 0.75% and female 2.04%, Back male 5.72% and female 6.12%, waist male 10.07% and female 19.39%, periformis syndrome male 2.74% and female 2.04%, hamstring male 2.99% and female 3.06%, knee male 41.04% and female 21.43%, calf male 1.12% and female 1.02% and ankle male 20.15% and female 12.24%. In conclusion, sports injuries experienced by the people of Semarang City are 14 types of sports injuries and those often experienced by men and women are knee injuries, 330 men (41.04%) have knee injuries and 21 women have knee injuries (21.43%).