... to injury. The investigation into injury rates and types however, possess a problem to comparative research on the issue due to possible misinterpretations of an injury. Jarrett, Orwin and Dick (1998) define injury as something that 1) occurs as a result of participation in an organized intercollegiate practice or competition, 2) requires medical attention by a team athletic trainer or physician, and 3) results in restriction of participation for 1 or more days beyond the day of injury. Using that definition, numerous studies have set out to try and discover what types of injuries are the most common in wrestling. Most Common Injury Jarrett, Orwin and Dick (1998) found that for every season, the most commonly injured body part was the knee, with an average over the 11 seasons (1985-1996) of 21% of all reported injuries. This investigation compiled data from 800 000 athlete-exposures during an 11 year period across the ...

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