The Effect of 8 Weeks Warm up Program on the Prevention Injury in Emam Ali Military University Students

Many cases of physical injuries of athletes have been reported at the beginning of the sports competition, many of which have been explained by the lack of proper warm up exercise and lack of mental, psychological and physical readiness to participate in the competition. The propose of current study is investigation the effect of 8 weeks warm up program on the prevention injury in Emam Ali military university studentsMethod and Material: For this research 80 Emam Ali military university students were selected purposefully based on inclusion and Exclusion criteria. Then Subjects were randomly divided into two groups included 40 subjects of experimental and 40 subjects control group. Then the subject in the experimental group performed a comprehensive warm up program of modified 11+ for 8 weeks and 3 session per week (24 session). And during this period, subject in the control group performed their daily programs. And their injuries were recorded for one semester. Chi-square statistical method was used to compare the incidence of injury between the two groups.

The results of Chi square test showed that there is a significant difference between the incidence of general injuries between control and experimental group (p=0/01) Also, chi-square test showed that there was a significant difference between the incidence of knee and ankle injuries in the subjects of the two groups (p=0/001). In general, the subjects in the experimental group were significantly less injured than the control group (p<0/05)

The present study showed that the comprehensive warm up program has an effect on prevention injury of students of emam Ali military University and instructors and professors of military universities can use the training protocol of the present study to prevent injury