A 1‐year prospective analysis of injuries in amateur and elite fistball

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence and mechanisms of acute injuries in the sport of fistball. No scientific studies on injury characteristics have yet been conducted in this traditional sport game. The study was conducted prospectively over the course of 12 months. During a total of 40.308 h of sport-specific exposure, 240 players reported 492 injuries, representing an overall injury rate of 12.2 injuries/1000 h of exposure. Most injuries were classified as bagatelle injuries (67.8%). The majority of the injuries were located in the knee (23.5%) followed by the elbow (11.9%) and the hip (11.5%). Ankle injuries resulted in the longest impairment from sports participation. The most common types of injury were abrasions (38.2%), contusions (21.1%), distortions (7.5%) and muscle strains (6.9%). Wrong or insufficient equipment (15.0%) was the most commonly mentioned causes of injury. The data indicate that the injury risk in fistball is rather high; however, the sport should not be considered a high-risk sport because most of the injuries are slight and do not prevent the players from training or competition. Injury prevention strategies should include the development of fistball-specific protective equipment with focus on the knee and elbow joint.

A Three-Dimensional Movement Analysis of the Spike in Fistball

“…The progressive professionalization in fistball and the increasing popularity of this sport in many countries should be reflected in the future by a stronger interest from sport science. This study as well as the work of [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ] are a starting point.…”

“…The field of sport science, however, has paid little attention to fistball so far and very few scientific papers on the topic are available. Besides older publications on methodological aspects (e.g., [ 2 , 3 ]), studies often deal with the risk of injury in fistball [ 4 , 5 ]. Runer et al [ 5 ], for example, found over the course of 12 months an overall injury rate of 12.2 injuries/1000 h of exposure.…”

“…Besides older publications on methodological aspects (e.g., [ 2 , 3 ]), studies often deal with the risk of injury in fistball [ 4 , 5 ]. Runer et al [ 5 ], for example, found over the course of 12 months an overall injury rate of 12.2 injuries/1000 h of exposure. The most common types of injury were abrasions and contusions.…”

How to prevent sports injury in amateur sports training

“…It is important for the prevention of sports injury, but when the damage appears, how to expand the scope of treatment is also an important measure to avoid the damage in amateur sports, athletes or instructors should grasp the basic method of health care, such as in the face of the body abrasion, should be timely with saline wash the wound, wound around with 75% alcohol disinfection and if the wound is deep, serious pollution should be injected tetanus, the only way to ensure the effectiveness of prevention system. [7] …”