The present study purposed to compare the sport injuries of child and youth taekwondo athletes via the data of Sport Medicine
Federation Injury Surveillance System of Iran in 2009 and 2010.
A retrospective analysis was conducted of the data for
children and youth taekwondo athletes presented to the injury surveillance system in two years. Mann-Whitney U test was
used with the significance level of p < 0.05. In two years of 2009-2010, from 2026 injured children and youth athletes, 2258
injuries were reported. There was a significant difference between children and youth injuries (p = 0.002). Boys and gir p
p = 0.001) injuries were significantly different. Children, especially boys (49.3%),
incurred most of injuries in upper extremity. Wrist in children and knee in youth were the most common body parts injured.
As a result, youth sustained significantly more injuries than children. Level of activity, more intense training and competition
and increased body weight and strength in youth may make them more susceptible to injury relative to children. In
conclusion, upper extremity in children and lower extremity in youth need to be in priority of preventive measures.