Factors Contributing to Sports Injuries among Senior High Students Akuapem Municipality

Several factors lead to sports injuries and these go a long way to control the prospects of developing most talents in our schools. In exploring the factors contributing to sports injuries among senior high student-athletes, a descriptive cross-sectional survey design was employed. A total of 610 student-athletes were purposely selected for the study to respond to the DEMASS inventory questionnaire to derive their opinion on the factors contributing to sports injuries. The results indicated that physiological factors were considered by S.H.S student-athletes in the Akuapem Municipality as a highly influential factor for sports injury than biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors. Males perceived biological factors to influence sports injuries more than females. In conclusion, the factors of sports injury contributed only 9% between them on the occurrence of sports injuries in the Akuapem Municipality. Further research is recommended to remedy some of these sports injuries identified in sports competitions.