Introduction: Injury are noticeably high among field hockey players in Malaysia in which more than half of the players had lower limb injuries and up to 75% of field hockey players survived at least one acute injury during a game or practice and the trend is keep going up till now even though sport protective equipment as injury prevention in Hockey has been practiced. Objective: This study aims to identify the injury history and determine the level of knowledge and application of protective equipment among hockey players in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Methodology: 46 respondents currently play Hockey sport in UPSI and have participated in this study. The respondents were given a set of questionnaires that have been blasted through an online platform, the questionnaire consist of four sections; A) demography, B) injury history, C) knowledge in protective equipment, and D) application of protective equipment. Result: Six questions of each section (Sections C and D) an.....

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