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Injury Prevention and Improving the Performance of Athletes

Injury Prevention and Improving the Performance of Athletes

Tharani Kumaran (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India), Mirza Khalid Baig (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India), Ravi Kant Avvari (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India), and Thirugnanam Arunachalam (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9078-2.ch007
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Abstract

Sports biomechanics helps one to understand the sport movements and helps increase the performance of individuals and prevent injury. Understanding the mechanics involved in every sport is crucial for kinesiologists help patients to recover from traumatic or overuse injuries. Each sport activity has different phases, and in each phase, the kinetics and kinematics are studied for better understanding. Computational technologies help to understand sports movements and forces developed during motion and provide proper guidance that can be followed to avoid injuries and enhance performance. The aspects of biomechanical analysis of sports, injuries and their causes in sports, various techniques for recording and analysis of sports movements, and lastly, performance improvement and preventing injury using the analysis are discussed in this chapter.
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Types Of Sports Surfaces

There are different types of sports surfaces. The performance of sports surfaces depends on the properties and combination of materials used to build the sports surface. Sports surfaces evaluation should be done priorly because their mechanical property might affect the performance of a sports person (Katkat et al., 2009). Sports techniques can be improved on making a perfect surface for a particular sport. They are natural and synthetic surfaces for indoor and outdoor games. If the surface property is changed, it is necessary to change the technique, as each surface has its characteristics; this might help reduce the injuries caused by sports surfaces (Dixon et al., 2015). The sports surface also helps in improving the performance of the individual. Sports surfaces behaviour is based on surface characteristics such as friction, traction, compliance, resilience and hardness. Sports surfaces are classified as natural and artificial surfaces.

Natural Surfaces

The natural surface is made up of grass and sand. The soil texture determines the mechanical strength of the sand-based sports turf (Guisasola et al., 2010). It is necessary to provide the required amount of recovery time after every use, which would lead to an increased lifetime of grass than expected. Also, when surfaces are used frequently, wear damage of surface is increased (Stiles et al., 2009).

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