Major causes of injuries of long distance runners in selected oromia region athletics clubs.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of equipment, training method and environment as cause of injury in long distance runners of Oromia region state athletics clubs. The study area includes Sululta, Legatafo, Burayu, Beshan Oromia, Bosona Oromia, dandi Oromia and Adama athletics clubs which was found in Oromia special Zone around Finfine and Assela. The researcher was used cross sectional research design. The total population from those seven clubs (N=7) & one hundred ten (N=110), athletes sampled eight six (n =86) was determined by simple random sample technique and also coaches seven (N =7) were selected using available sampling technique. The Instruments prepared for data collection was questionnaires (n=86) for athletes and interview (n =7) for coaches. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics including Mean and standard deviation and multiple regressions was used to analysis the influence of equipment, training method and environment on athletes’ performance. The descriptive result shows that equipment, training method and environment were the major causes of injury of Oromia region athletics clubs respectively and multiple regression result also indicates that positively significant predictors on athletics performance. The finding of the study concluded that equipment, training method and environment were found to be the major cause of injury. Therefore, the researcher recommended that the national athletics federation, Oromia athletics federation, zone sport bureau and clubs manager better make the necessary facility and equipment arrangements in order to minimize athlete injuries, upgrade coaches training methodology and education in collaboration with International Association of Athletics Federation.