[Injuries in organized physical education 1976-1987 in Czechoslovakia]

A statistical analysis of 176,278 cases of trauma caused by the organized sports activities was made and evaluated. The highest number occurs in the adult group aged 20-29 years. The analysis is concerned with the severity of the injury judged by the duration of treatment. It also refers to the hazards of individual sports and games based on the relative rate of trauma. Sports activities with maximum risk include skibob riding, ice hockey, boxing and rugby football. The paper described the method employed for data collection and shows how to apply the results in trauma prevention in unorganized spontaneous sports activities pursued by mass population.