Athletes attending a sports injury clinic--a review.

Abstract

In a prospective study over the two years [1981][1982], there were 1186 separate sporting injuries treated at a Sports Injury Clinic. Just over 75% of patients were aged between 16 and 25 years old, while 80% were male. Football, Rugby, Running, Squash and Rowing contributed over 70% of these injuries. The commonest injuries were to the lower limb and lumbar region. In 43% of knee injuries there was strain of the collateral ligaments, while another 26% had patellofemoral pain. Short distance running was associated with an increase in shin splints, tibial stress fractures and hamstring injuries. Long distance running was associated with an increase in ankle and foot injuries. Sports Injury Clinics can benefit the injured athlete and there appears to be a need for their development in major hospitals.

The 2004 Olympic Games: physiotherapy services in the Olympic Village polyclinic

“…The lower limb was the most affected part of the body, in accordance with previous results 13 – 15. Furthermore, most injured athletes were from the disciplines of athletics and aquatics.…”

Sports injuries in Saudi Arabia.

“…Injuries to the lower limb dominated (57%); nearly half of these occurred around the knee region. These figures are in keeping with that of others (Devereaux and Lachmann, 1983;Bedford and Macauley, 1985 (Williams, 1975;Sperryn, 1977).…”

Traumatic and Overuse Injuries Among International Elite Junior Rowers

“…Lachmann. 6 The injury location frequency in elite junior rowers corresponds to the order of injuries among British senior rowers in the study of Budgett and Fuller with low back injuries followed by knee and wrist injuries. 3 The low back injuries comprised 32.3% of all injuries of elite level junior rowers and these findings are in agreement with published reports in older rowers of 25% 6, 9, 11 to 50% 1,3,5,25 The frequency of low back injuries among elite male junior rowers was greater when compared to female (34.4% vs. 29.9%) as has previously been reported by Hickey et al 9 The distribution of traumatic and overuse low back injuries among genders follows the trend observed in that study, with traumatic low back injuries more frequent in female rowers and overuse injuries more frequent in male rowers.…”

“…These young rowers under the age of 19 years use the same rowing equipment, compete at the same race distance, and train with similar frequency and duration as elite senior rowers. The risk of injury among rowers has been shown to be relatively low, 3,6,9,11,16,20,27 but there are studies that report an increasing incidence of rowing-specific injuries among senior rowers, such as low back pain 12,22,23 and rib stress fractures. 4,10,26 The purpose of this study was to perform an epidemiological study describing the variety of musculoskeletal problems in international elite-level junior rowers.…”