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The study included 59 male senior baseball players of the 1st Croatian Baseball League. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and the types of injuries, as well as the mechanisms and conditions of occurrence in senior players of the 1st Croatian Baseball League during the 2018. season. A total of 29 players were injured (47.46%). Injuries were predominantly of tendon (32.14%) and muscle origin (14.29%). The shoulder (32.14%), elbow (17.86%) and ankle (10.17%) were identified as the regions with the highest injury frequency, with 32.14%, 17.86% and 10.17%, respectively. Regarding the mode of onset of injuries, 60.71% of all injuries were classified as being sudden/acute, while the remaining 39.29% of injuries had a gradual onset. Of the injured players, 78.57% had to be absent from training due to injury. 28.75% of players were absent between 9 and 20 days, while an equal number of players were absent between 4 and 8 days and more than 20 days (25%). Players were most commonly injured at the beginning (57.14%) and during the middle of the season (32.14%). 57.14% of injuries occurred in competition and 57.14% during the middle of activity (training or competition). There were no statistically significant differences observed between injured and uninjured players in body height, body weight, body mass index and age. |
