摘要：Background and Aim: Sports injuries are the common name of all kinds of injuries generally occurring during sport activities. Besides, they are also stated as the case preventing participation in sport the day after the injury occurs. Injuries are the ones generally arising either due to a single internal or external major trauma (bone fracture, muscle tearing, tissue injuries, and so on) or recurrent micro-traumas (apophysitis, stress fractures, tendonitis, and so on). In this study, it was aimed to detect the health problems and types of injuries encountered by sportsmen continuing their sport life in different branches and to reveal the relationships of these health problems and types of injuries with sports branch, demographical features, and lifestyle. Method: A total of 604 people including 332 males and 272 females between the ages of 17-26 and in six different branches participated in the study. The participants voluntarily attended the study. They signed a voluntary participation consent form. The survey method was used in the study. A “Sportsman Health Information Form” that was formed by the Sportsman Health and Research Centre was arranged and given its final form by the researcher, and it was conducted to the participants. The obtained data were analysed with the SPSS package programme. First, normal distribution of the data was checked, and they were analysed with non-parametric tests as they did not show a normal distribution. In the analysis, percentages and frequencies were controlled and Kruskal Wallis Analyses were also carried out for the correlation of the variables. It was evaluated at the level of 0,05 at the significant point. Results: It was seen that the participants had the problems such as vision disorders, pitting, loss of feeling, breathing disorders, chest pain, and having frequent cramps, and this situation varied across branches. It was concluded that 49% of the participants were exposed to injuries of muscle, bone, and tendon.
