Assessment of the occurrence of upper limb injuries among female athletes training softball

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence of upper limb injuries among female athletes training softball. The study group consisted of 46 female players practicing softball in teams of the Polish Women's Softball League. The age of the respondents ranged from 14 to 35 years, with an average of 23.22 years. The study was based on the author's questionnaire, which was carried out at the turn of May and June 2016. The obtained data was processed with the use of the Excel 2007 spreadsheet. The study showed that the majority of the respondents suffered from injuries in the shoulder joint and the most common type of the damage was pulling the muscle. The injuries to the upper limb happened mainly during a training session. Contact with another subject was the most often mechanism of the injury during a match, and during a training session the injuries were sustained without contact.