Surveillance of Injury Types, Locations, and Intensities in Male and Female Tennis Players: A Content Analysis of Online Newspaper Reports

Rabiu Muazu Musa, Isyaku Hassan, Mohamad Razali Abdullah, Mohd Nazri Latiff Azmi, Anwar P. P. Abdul Majeed and Noor Azuan Abu Osman
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Rabiu Muazu Musa: Centre for Fundamental and Continuing Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia
Isyaku Hassan: Faculty of Languages and Communication, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus 21300, Malaysia
Mohamad Razali Abdullah: East Coast Environmental Research Institute, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus 21300, Malaysia
Mohd Nazri Latiff Azmi: Faculty of Languages and Communication, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus 21300, Malaysia
Anwar P. P. Abdul Majeed: Innovative Manufacturing, Mechatronics and Sports Laboratory, Faculty of Manufacturing and Mechatronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan 26600, Malaysia
Noor Azuan Abu Osman: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: The popularity of modern tennis has contributed to the increasing number of participants at both recreational and competitive levels. The influx of numerous tennis participants has resulted in a wave of injury occurrences of different types and magnitudes across both male and female players. Since tennis injury harms both players’ economic and career development, a better understanding of its epidemiology could potentially curtail its prevalence and occurrences. We used online-based tennis-related injury reports to study the prevalence, location types, and injury intensities in both male and female tennis players for the past five years. It is demonstrated from the chi-square analysis that injury occurrences are significantly associated with a specific gender (χ2(18) = 50.773; p = 0.001), with male players having a higher risk of injury manifestation (68.10%) as compared with female players (31.90%). Nonetheless, knee, hip, ankle, and shoulder injuries are highly prevalent in both male and female players. Moreover, the injury intensities are distributed across gender (χ2(2) = 0.398; p = 0.820), with major injuries being dominant, followed by minor injuries, whilst a few cases of career-threatening injuries were also reported. It was similarly observed that male players recorded a higher degree of both major, minor, and career-threatening injuries than female players. In addition, male players sustained more elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, and thigh injuries than female players. Whereas, female players mostly suffered from Achilles and back injuries, ankle and hamstring injuries affected both genders. The usage of online newspaper reports is pivotal in characterizing the epidemiology of tennis-related injuries based on locations and gender to better understand the pattern and localization of injuries, which could be used to address the problem of modern tennis-related injuries.

Keywords: injury surveillance; tennis sports; chi-square test; media content analysis; newspapers; injury prevention; tennis-related exercise; media analysis of injury; tennis injury in male and female players (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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