The Most Common Injuries among Jordanian Wheelchair Athletes

Abstract

The aim of sport is to spread peace and cooperation amongst human beings. Sport is not exclusive, as it allows everyone to exercise physical activities, in a recreational or competitive manner, whether the person is young or old, male or female. Physical activities and practices sports have a positive impact on the individual's physiological abilities, psychological and social aspects. Nowadays, many athletes and trainers are focused on achieving high results and winning sports medals, as a way to gain money, recognition and fame and find fulfillment in their life, to investigate the professionalism within ethical principles. Over the past several centuries, people with special needs have suffered from exclusion and negligence. They have been regarded as lacking abilities and they have been treated as "thirdclass" citizens by governmental policies. Particularly, during the centuries Before Christ people with special needs were killed. Over the centuries, this group finally started to enjoy the right to live and to practice sports in a more accessible way, enabling them to practice sports activities and to win medals at both regional and global levels. (Corbett, & Barton., 2018) Individual sports are more personal and skill-based than collective sports in which the team cooperates for the achievement of sports results. Moreover, they do not provide the same turnout, participation, attention, follow-up and encouragement of collective sports. Individual games include several complex skills, and they are characterized by a high effort exerted by the player in training and competition. This effort is accompanied by a high probability of sports injuries because of the pressure on various body organs, in particular the motor system, represented by multiple body systems; bones, joints, muscles, and tendons. The efforts vary from one sport game to another, depending on the type of skills performed. (Chaitow, L., &DeLany, J., 2011) Physical activity during adolescence provides multidimensional health benefits, but it is worth highlighting that the risk of sports injuries increases along with the volume, intensity and competitiveness of sports activities. Youth team sports carry a higher injury risk than individual