Serious Injuries in School Sports: Policies on Evidence-Based Research

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24700648
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: UCHIDA RYO 名古屋大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50432282)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 学校事故 / 学校安全 / リスク / スポーツ傷害 / 頭部外傷 / 頚部外傷 / 脳振盪 / 柔道事故

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to clarify the number and rate of the serious injuries in school sports and to get a clue of safety measures. Some findings have already been released on the website in Japanese and English in order to appeal the necessity of prompt action.
Results from the analysis of data show that there are more serious cases in rugby and judo than in any other major sports in schools. Because head and cervical injuries are main causes of those serious cases, it is important for sports safety to focus on head and cervical injuries.

Free Research Field

教育社会学