A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports

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Main Authors: Musa R.M., Hassan I., Abdullah M.R., Latiff Azmi M.N., Abdul Majeed A.P.P., Abu Osman N.A.
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-267862023-05-29T17:36:42Z A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports Musa R.M. Hassan I. Abdullah M.R. Latiff Azmi M.N. Abdul Majeed A.P.P. Abu Osman N.A. 57238495700 57214914249 57188574013 56054858000 57189582455 8511221500 athlete; electronics; human; incidence; tennis; Athletes; Electronics; Humans; Incidence; Tennis The non-complexity of tennis, coupled with its health benefits, renders it appealing and encourages varying competitions at different levels of age, gender, and expertise. However, the rapid increase in the participation rates witnesses a surge in injury occurrences, prompting the need for in-depth analysis to facilitate immediate intervention. We employed a media content analysis technique in which tennis-associated articles published in the last 5 years were examined. A total of 207 news reports were gathered and screened for analysis. Subsequently, 71 articles were excluded from the study due to content duplications or summary updates of existing news articles, while 23 news articles were also excluded from the study due to inappropriateness. Finally, 113 news reports directly related to injury in tennis were coded and analyzed. We examined various types of injuries reported from the screened articles with respect to their status (fresh, recurrent, and recovery) across expertise levels i.e., elite, or amateur. Similarly, the incidence of injury occurrences based on the types of tournaments the players engage in was also investigated. A chi-square analysis was employed to achieve the objectives of the study. Occurrences of tennis-associated injuries are disseminated across expertise levels [(Formula presented.) = 16.542; p = 0.555], with knee, hip, elbow, and shoulder injuries being highly prevalent in both elite and amateur players. Nevertheless, it was noted that elite players suffered a staggering 72.60% of injury-related problems, while amateur players sustained 27.40% of injuries. Moreover, the status of injury spreads based on types of tournaments [(Formula presented.) = 3.374; p = 0.497], with higher occurrences of fresh and recurrent injuries, while low recovery rates were observed. The findings further demonstrated that injuries are sustained regardless of tournament types [(Formula presented.) = 39.393; p = 0.321]. However, most of the injuries occurred at international tournaments (85%). Whereas, only 5.30% of the injuries occurred at national/regional tournaments while 9.70% were unidentified. It could be deduced from the findings of this investigation that elite players are more prone to injuries compared with amateur players. Furthermore, the most common tennis-related injuries affect the lower, trunk, and upper regions of the body, respectively. A large number of the reported tennis injuries are fresh and recurrent, with a few recoveries. The international tennis tournaments are highly attributed to injury occurrences as opposed to the national/regional tournaments. The application of the media-based data mining technique is non-trivial in projecting injury-related problems that could be used to facilitate the development of an injury index peculiar to the tennis sport for prompt intervention. Copyright � 2022 Musa, Hassan, Abdullah, Latiff Azmi, Abdul Majeed and Abu Osman. Final 2023-05-29T09:36:42Z 2023-05-29T09:36:42Z 2022 Article 10.3389/fpubh.2022.835119 2-s2.0-85136556334 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136556334&doi=10.3389%2ffpubh.2022.835119&partnerID=40&md5=857ce5692c44723f984114523c6e2f5e https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26786 10 835119 All Open Access, Gold, Green Frontiers Media S.A. Scopus
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Musa R.M.
Hassan I.
Abdullah M.R.
Latiff Azmi M.N.
Abdul Majeed A.P.P.
Abu Osman N.A.
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author Musa R.M.
Hassan I.
Abdullah M.R.
Latiff Azmi M.N.
Abdul Majeed A.P.P.
Abu Osman N.A.
spellingShingle Musa R.M.
Hassan I.
Abdullah M.R.
Latiff Azmi M.N.
Abdul Majeed A.P.P.
Abu Osman N.A.
A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
author_sort Musa R.M.
title A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
title_short A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
title_full A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
title_fullStr A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
title_full_unstemmed A longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
title_sort longitudinal analysis of injury characteristics among elite and amateur tennis players at different tournaments from electronic newspaper reports
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
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