Author(s): Ephrem Tamrat Desalegn, Mesay Dessalegn Zenebe and Mohammed Endris Wusen

Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of injuries sustained by beginner and experienced volleyball players of a club in the Ethiopian public universities in one season from October 2012 to February 2013. An exploratory, descriptive, retrospective design was used for this study on 360 volleyball players on the public universities Volleyball Clubs. A self–administered questionnaire was used for the present study. A response rate of 96.3% was obtained. The incidence rate was 3.57 injuries per player. Injuries prevalence was higher among female players 4.35 than male players 2.9. Ankle and finger injuries showed the highest injury prevalence. In the present study 17.22% volleyball players sustained an injury during the season on both competition and match. Of those who sustained injuries, 45.16% were males and 54.84% were females. The occurrence of injuries on players, were 74.19% during match and, 25.81% occurred during team training. In this study Players were injured during blocking and setting activities.

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