Judo Injuries Frequency in Europe's Top-Level Competitions in the Period 2005-2020.

frequency judo prevalence sports injuries type

Journal

Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Feb 2021
Historique:
received: 17 01 2021
revised: 08 02 2021
accepted: 16 02 2021
entrez: 6 3 2021
pubmed: 7 3 2021
medline: 7 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The present study assesses the frequency of injury in Europe's top-level judokas, during top-level competitions, and defines risk factors. The members of the EJU Medical Commission collected injury data over the period of 2005 to 2020 using the EJU Injury Registration Form at Europe's top judoka tournaments. Over the 15 years of the study, 128 top-level competitions with 28,297 competitors were included; 699 injuries were registered. Of all competitors, 2.5% needed medical treatment. The knee (17.4%), shoulder (15.7%), and elbow (14.2%) were the most common anatomical locations of injury. Sprains (42.2%) were by far the most frequent injury type, followed by contusions (23.1%). Of all contestants, 0.48% suffered an injury which needed transportation to hospital. There was a statistically significant higher frequency of elbow injuries in female athletes ( We found there was a low injury rate in top-level competitors, with a greater frequency of elbow injuries in female judokas. During the 15 years of injury collection data, an injury incidence of 2.5% was found, with a remarkable high injury rate in the women's -52 kg category, and statistically significantly more elbow injuries in women overall.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The present study assesses the frequency of injury in Europe's top-level judokas, during top-level competitions, and defines risk factors.
METHODS METHODS
The members of the EJU Medical Commission collected injury data over the period of 2005 to 2020 using the EJU Injury Registration Form at Europe's top judoka tournaments.
RESULTS RESULTS
Over the 15 years of the study, 128 top-level competitions with 28,297 competitors were included; 699 injuries were registered. Of all competitors, 2.5% needed medical treatment. The knee (17.4%), shoulder (15.7%), and elbow (14.2%) were the most common anatomical locations of injury. Sprains (42.2%) were by far the most frequent injury type, followed by contusions (23.1%). Of all contestants, 0.48% suffered an injury which needed transportation to hospital. There was a statistically significant higher frequency of elbow injuries in female athletes (
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
We found there was a low injury rate in top-level competitors, with a greater frequency of elbow injuries in female judokas. During the 15 years of injury collection data, an injury incidence of 2.5% was found, with a remarkable high injury rate in the women's -52 kg category, and statistically significantly more elbow injuries in women overall.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33669568
pii: jcm10040852
doi: 10.3390/jcm10040852
pmc: PMC7922358
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Wiesław Błach (W)

Faculty of Physical Education & Sport, University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland.
European Judo Union, 1200 Vienna, Austria.

Peter Smolders (P)

European Judo Union, 1200 Vienna, Austria.

Łukasz Rydzik (Ł)

Institute of Sports Sciences, University of Physical Education, 31-571 Krakow, Poland.

Georgios Bikos (G)

Euromedica-Arogi Rehabilitation Clinic, 54301 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Nicola Maffulli (N)

Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, 89100 Salerno, Italy.
Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4DG, UK.
Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University School of Medicine, Stoke on Trent E1 4DG, UK.

Nikos Malliaropoulos (N)

Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4DG, UK.
Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic, 54639 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sports Clinic, Rheumatology Department, Barts Health NHS Trust, London E1 4DG, UK.

Władysław Jagiełło (W)

Department of Sport, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sports, 80-336 Gdansk, Poland.

Krzysztof Maćkała (K)

Faculty of Physical Education & Sport, University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland.

Tadeusz Ambroży (T)

Institute of Sports Sciences, University of Physical Education, 31-571 Krakow, Poland.

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