Bu yall§ma AtatUrk Oniversitesi'ne bagll BcdenEgitimi ve Spor YUksek OkuJu ile diger fakUltelerin sparbolUmlerinde \=e§itli bran§larda aklif olarak spor yapan, 88klZ ve 231 erkek olmak iizere toplam 319 sporeuda kasgUcUnun sakallanma tizerindek.i etkisini ve el lercihinin~por sakatlJklan ile ili§kisini bel irlemek amaclyla yaplldl.Ogrencilerin bran§l, sakatbk durumu ve el tercihine aitbilgiler hamlanan bir anket forrnu ile saptandl. Sporculardabacak kuvveti ve sirt kuvveti ile sag ve sol el kavramakuvvetleri, kali brasyonu ayarJanml§ di namometreleraraclliglyla kaydedildi. (:qitli spor bran~lanl1da sakmlananve sakallanmayan lUm sporcularda bacak kuvvctleriarasmdaki fark; basketbo1clllar. voleybolcular vegLire~yilerde sakatlanmayanlann lehine istatisliksel olarakanlamlJ bulundll (p<O.OI). Sui kllvvetleri araSlndaki farkise flltbolcnlarda. basketboleularda, voJeybolcularda veglire§yilerde anlamllydl (p<O.OI). Atletlerde ve giire§yilerdesag el kuvveti sakallananlar lehine anlamlJ bullluurken;flllboJcutarda, voleybolcularda, atletlerde ve gUrC§yilerdeise sol el kuyveti anlamlt bulundu (p<O.OI).Sonuy olarak bu \=all§mada, bacak kuyveti ve slrtkuyveti arttlkya sakatlanma riskinin a7.aldlgl, sag ve sol elkuvyeti arttlkya sakatlanma riskinin de arttlgJ, el tercihiudeise solaklarm saglaklardan daha fazla sakatlanma riskita§ldJgl belirlendi.Anahtar Kelimclcr: Spor yaralanmalan, kas gUeli,el tereihi. SUMMARYThis study was carried out to detect the effect ofLnuscle power on sport inj uries and the relation betweenhand preference and sport injuries in 88 girls and 231 boys.totally 319 students ,\\·ho are actively trained on sportbranches in The Collage of Physical Training and Sportsand sports departments of 1I1e other faculties in AtatiirkUniversity. A queslionnaire was used to determine thebranch, hand preference and injury conditions of thcsubjects. The power of leg and back and the grip strengthwere ;ts$t. sed with dyJ1ilmometers. The power difference atleg was statistically significant in favour of the SUbjects notinjuried in baskelbalJ, volleyball and wrestling branches(p<O.OI). The po\ver difference al back was significant infootballcrs. baskelballers, vo!Jevballers and wrestlers([><0.0 I). The power of right hand 'was significant in favourof Injuried snbjecls in athletes and wrestlers (p<O.OI). Thepower of lefl hand was signiflcanl in favour of injuriedsubjecls in volleyballers, athletes and wrestlers (p<O.OI). Itwas concluded that as tile power of the leg and backincrease, the risk or the injury decrease; as the right and lefthand power increase. the risk of the injury increase. It wasalso detected that lefl-handed subjects have a tendency toinjuries than right-handed subject..' -Key Words: Sports injuries, muscle power,hand- preference.