Effect of Experience on Rodeo Injury

Abstract

Inexperienced competitors in rodeo rough stock events do not have increased rates of severe injury, or of injury to specific body parts (in general). Inexperienced competitors do have a greater rate of injury to the arm, hand, and wrist. The relative risk of BSR is one-half the risk of BR.

Analysis of 10 Years of Injury in High School Rodeo

“…1,2,4,6,10 The report of concussions in this study appears to be more frequent than most literature shows. 1,2,6,7 Butterwick and colleagues 2 have speculated that their higher reported concussion rate was the result of a greater awareness of concussion. It has been a concern of rodeo sports medicine personnel that concussions have historically been underreported by rodeo athletes.…”

“…An exposure was considered as each time a competitor attempted a single event during the rodeo (such as 1 try at wrestling a steer). 1 Typically, each athlete had the opportunity to have 2 exposures during the first 2 rounds. Additional exposures were awarded if an athlete qualified for a reride (as a result of animal or equipment failure) or if they made the final championship round.…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5]10 Butterwick and colleagues 2 reported twice the rate of knee injuries than head or shoulder injuries. Considering the consistent documentation of the most frequently injured body parts being the shoulder and knee, it is prudent to examine the exact mechanisms of injury (see previously) to develop prevention programming/protocols for these athletes.…”

“…Review of the literature reveals the injury risk in rodeo presented primarily for individual events in both professional and collegiate rodeo. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Only 1 study included youth in the sport, and it was limited to novice (high school) rough stock events. 1 In 1998, Brandenburg and colleagues 7 raised the question regarding safety factors in youth rodeo, particularly in the bull riding event, yet published evidence in support of rules is still scarce.…”

Prevalência de lesões ortopédicas em atletas de vaquejada

“…Este no momento da derrubada estará com a cauda do bovino laçada no punho e segurando com a mão cerrada (figura 1) Embora existam estudos internacionais sobre lesões ortopédicas associadas a esportes praticados com cavalos (BUTTERWICK AND MEEUWISSE, 2002;CRIDD-LE, 2001;CUENCA et al, 2009;DOWNEY, 2007;LODER, 2008;NELSON and BIXBY-HAMMETT, 1992;NEWTON and NIELSEN, 2005;THOMAS et al, 2006;THOR, 2003;WATT and FINCH, 1996), não se encontrou sondagens sobre estas injúrias associadas à prática da vaquejada. Portanto, este estudo se fez necessário e é pioneiro neste aspecto, iniciando uma busca rigorosa de quais são as lesões mais frequentes no esporte e suas consequências na vida esportiva e diária do atleta.…”