Video analysis of sports injuries in the Iranian Premier League before and after the outbreak of Corona virus(with emphasis on player position, mechanism and area of injury)

The purpose of this study was to Video analysis of sports injuries in the Iranian Football Premier League before and after the outbreak of the Corona virus in the 2019-2020 season. The video of 143 matches out of 239 matches of these games was reviewed by the researcher and the prevalence of injury, the mechanism of injury, the position of the injured player and the area of injury were recorded. According to the results, 219 injuries occurred before the outbreak of coronavirus and 276 injuries occurred after the outbreak of coronavirus. Findings showed that despite the significant increase in the amount of damage in the corona period compared to the previous period of the corona, there was no significant difference in the mechanism of injury, the area of injury and the position of the injured player, before and after the corona virus outbreak.