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For data processing, data related to recreational sports injuries were first collected and organized using Excel 2015, and frequency analysis was conducted using the SPSS 25.0 program. Furthermore, the association rule method was applied via Python 3.13.3 to analyze the patterns of injury sites and types. First, by investigating the prevalence of injuries in recreational sports, it was found that the injury frequency was highest in soccer, followed by cycling, hiking, and badminton. Second, in soccer, it was found that when ankle injuries, which have a high injury frequency, occur, knee, toe, and sprain injuries also occur together (Lift: 1.843). Additionally, in cycling, when knee injuries occur, toe, sprain, and strain (bruise) injuries also occur together (Lift: 2.420). In mountain biking, when ankle injuries, which have a high injury frequency, occur, cuts, sprains, stab wounds (cuts), sprains, and strains (bruises) also occur together (Lift: 1.808). The current survey on recreational sports injuries is expected to be used as basic data to prevent injuries in advance for participants in recreational sports, and it is expected that this will allow them to participate in sports by recognizing common injury sites before participating in sports.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/life15050701","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,4]],"date-time":"2025-05-04T20:42:37Z","timestamp":1746391357000},"page":"701","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Analysis of Sports Injury Prevalence and Patterns in Recreational Sports Activities in South Korea: Applying the Association Rule Method"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Byeong Seok","family":"Min","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sociology of Sport, Sunmoon University, Asan 31460, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nara","family":"Jang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education, Korea National Sport University, Seoul 05541, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"13","article-title":"The Mediation Effect of Occupational Self-efficacy on the Relationship between Grit and Job Satisfaction of Office Workers Participating in Recreational Sports: With a Focus on Production Workers","volume":"26","author":"Bae","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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