فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Triathlon is a popular sport that combines swimming, cycling and running into a single event and during these competitions there are many risk factors that can cause injury in athletes. The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics of injuries in triathlon athletes. Data about injuries (over a span of one year) in 60 professional triathlon athletes was collected using injuries report form. Chi-Square was used to analyze the data. Totally, 123 injuries (2 injuries per triathlon athlete per year) were reported. Most of the injuries were located in the lower extremities (78%) compared to upper extremities (22%) (P