Mechanism of injury mechanism of boys ’ amateur

The aim of this purpose was to compare injury mechanism in boys’ amateur epical athletes in Kyokushin, Karate and Aikido. 95 Aikido athletes, 83 Kyokushin ka athletes, 76 Karate ka were randomly selected from Shiraz clubs. Data were analyzed by Χ test. The results showed that the rate of injuries in Kyokoshin was (24.1%), Karate (19.5%) (X=448.46, P=0.000). In all three fields, there were injuries in lower limbs more than other organs, but the highest were in Aikido (68.4%). Also, in Karate the technical error of partner, in Aikido the kick of partner and in Kyokoshin, knockdown were recognized as important mechanisms of injuries causes. The rate of incidences of practicing sessions were significantly higher than competition sessions (X=274.1, p=0.000). The results showed that the incident of injuries in Aikido were more than Karate and Kyokoshin. The received results in this research indicated the measure of high prevalence of injury in Aikido to ways of Qukshin and Karate. Aikido is an encounter sport, nevertheless the control ways of Karate were done under the semi – encounter laws and it has been caused the prevalence of fewer injuries in this way. So, the interested persons are recommended to partnership in the control ways of Karate. [Mohsen Ghofrani, Seyyed Hamed Mousavi. Mechanism of injury mechanism of boys’ amateur epical athletes in Kyokushin ka, Karate and Aikido. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):2593-2597] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 385