2025, Vol. 12, Issue 5, Part F

Sports Injuries is an integral part of athlete’s life. Sometimes a serious injury can end player’s carrier. Sports injuries can stop a player from playing and training properly. The purpose of this study was, to analyze the sports injuries in Kho-Kho. For which 100 national Kho-Kho players age from 18 to 40 years (playing from past 5 years) were selected using purposive sampling technique. Descriptive survey method was used to study the sport injuries in the game of Kho-Kho. The collection of data regarding the sports injuries in Kho-Kho, the closed ended questionnaire by Hole Savita, (year 2015) was administered. Before administering the test, researcher has checked the reliability of questioner. Which included the area such as types of injury, number of injuries, types of treatments used, injury occurrence during training or competition. The collected data was analyzed statistically using percentiles. The result indicates that types of injuries sustained by Kho-Kho players showed that most common injuries were muscle strain (26.70%), sprain (19.90%), swelling (13.59%), ligament tear (12.62%) trick (8.25%) dislocation (5.34%) fracture (4.85%) other (4.85%) appeared. Also, out of 100 Kho-Kho players (62%) injuries were occurred during competition while (38%) injuries occurred during practice.it was also found out that Kho-Kho players were more likely to be get injured during competition. The present study indicates that the risk of suffering an injury in Kho-Kho is high: however more research is needed in order for practitioners and clinics to prevent injuries in training and competitions.