| （Department of Physical Education，Southern Medical University，Guangzhou 510515，China） Abstract: By basing their subjects on 1 537 male students and 2 855 female students of bachelor degree majors in 9 institutes of higher learning in the Guangzhou region, the authors investigated the gender differences in the occur-rence of athletic injuries and their causes, and revealed the following findings: the rates of athletic injuries happen-ing to male students were higher than those happening to female students; the gender differences in the occurrence of athletic injuries were related to specific sports events which the students participated in, for example, in such sports events as runs and high jump, the rates of injuries happing to female students was higher than those happen-ing to male students, while in such events as soccer, basketball and Wushu, the rates of injuries happening to male students were higher than those happening to female students; moreover, the rate of shoulder injury happening to male students was higher to that happening to female students, while the rates of foot and toe injuries happening to female students were higher than those happening to male students. As indicated in the further study of causes for the gender differences in athletic injuries, male students continuing to play in a fatigue condition may be the cause for their rates of injuries being higher than those of female students.
Key words: athletic injury；gender difference；college students；guangdong |
