The effect of sport performance in voice disorders in athletes

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the correlation between sport performance and voice disorders in athletes. Patients and Methods: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Minia University. This study conducted on two groups of subjects: Group (A) comprised of ( 94) athletes of different games as follows: 1. Team sports as (football, handball, basketball and volleyball). 2. Individual sports as (wrestling, boxing, judo, weightlifting, sport and fitness instructors). The control group (B) comprised of (100) normal individuals: they will be collected randomly from members not playing any sport game. Both of the study and control group will be statistically matched in all comparative data. The study carried out at Phoniatric Unit clinic at Minia University Hospital. Results: Performance of sports (team sports and individual sports) increases the prevalence of voice disorders in athletes.