TY - JOUR AU - Hussain Umar, Mutahhar AU - Batool, Sana AU - Bano Javaid, Hira AU - Sheraz, Zainab PY - 2022/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Sports Injuries of Head, Neck and Upper Limb among Cricket Players: Musculoskeletal Sports Injuries of Head, Neck and Upper JF - THE THERAPIST (Journal of Therapies & Rehabilitation Sciences) JA - TT VL - 3 IS - 02 SE - Original Article DO - 10.54393/tt.v3i02.50 UR - https://thetherapist.com.pk/index.php/tt/article/view/50 SP - 06-09 AB - <p>Sports injuries have been reported with growing rate in a quest to identify patterns by which they can be predicted and prevented. Injury investigation in cricket has been started for almost twenty years.<strong> Objective: </strong>To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal sports injuries of head, neck and upper limb among cricket players.<strong> Methods</strong>: It was a Cross-sectional study. Data were taken from 180 selected cricket players from different cricket academies, clubs of Lahore Pakistan. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 21 and with a self-generated questionnaire. <strong>Results: </strong>This study showed very low prevalence of head and neck injuries which is 5.6 % and very high prevalence of shoulder injuries are seen in this study which is 77.78 %. Elbow injuries are seen 19.4 % while there is a significant association between type of cricketers and shoulder pain.<strong> Conclusions: </strong>The prevalence of musculoskeletal sports injuries found very high in shoulder joint, then in elbow joint and then in head and neck which has affected their performance. Study also showed a significant correlation between the type of players and shoulder pain</p> ER -