| Introduction: Further to high physical damage, sports trauma has high costs. So the epidemiology of these traumas is importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of sports injuries in Iran.
Materials And Methods: In this review study, the needed data collected by searching the key words of 'sport trauma', 'sport' 'trauma', 'injuries', 'sport injury', and 'Iran' in the databases of PubMed, IranMedex, SID and MagIran from 2000 through 2017.
Results: The epidemiological pattern of sports injuries was evaluated in seven sport fields: football / futsal, basketball, volleyball, martial arts (karate, judo, taekwondo), handball, wrestling and gymnastics, as well as disabled and veteran sports. Epidemiologic data was evaluated in terms of injuries, injured limbs, the most common causes of the injuries and the most important types of injuries.
Conclusion: It is important to pay attention to sport fields that cause serious damages to athletes. Identification of such sports and planning for them can promote the sports and also can help to prevent the occurrence of the injuries. |