PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wayne Derman
AU  - Phoebe Runciman
AU  - Esme Jordaan
AU  - Martin Schwellnus
AU  - Cheri Blauwet
AU  - Nick Webborn
AU  - Jan Lexell
AU  - Peter van de Vliet
AU  - James Kissick
AU  - Jaap Stomphorst
AU  - Young-Hee Lee
AU  - Keun-Suh Kim
TI  - High incidence of injuries at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games: a prospective cohort study of 6804 athlete days
AID  - 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100170
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 38--43
VI  - 54
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/1/38.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/1/38.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2020 Jan 01; 54
AB  - Objective To describe the epidemiology of sports injury at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.Methods 567 athletes from 49 countries were monitored daily for 12 days over the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (6804 athlete days). Injury data were obtained daily from teams with their own medical support (41 teams and 557 athletes) and teams without their own medical support (8 teams and 10 athletes) through two electronic data capturing systems.Results 112 of 567 athletes (19.8%) reported a total of 142 injuries, with an injury incidence rate (IR) of 20.9 per 1000 athlete days (95% CI 17.4 to 25.0). The highest IR was reported for para snowboard (IR of 40.5 per 1000 athlete days [95% CI 28.5 to 57.5]; p<0.02), particularly in the lower limb and head/face/neck anatomical areas. Across all sports at the Games, acute traumatic injuries (IR of 16.2 per 1000 athlete days [95% CI 13.2 to 19.8]) and injuries to the shoulder/arm/elbow complex (IR of 5.7 per 1000 athlete days [95% CI 4.2 to 7.8]) were most common. However, most injuries (78.9%) did not require time loss.Conclusion The new Paralympic Winter Games sport of Para snowboard requires attention to implement actions that will reduce injury risk. The shoulder was the most injured single joint—a consistent finding in elite para sport.