RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 High incidence of injuries at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games: a prospective cohort study of 6804 athlete days
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 38
OP 43
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100170
VO 54
IS 1
A1 Derman, Wayne
A1 Runciman, Phoebe
A1 Jordaan, Esme
A1 Schwellnus, Martin
A1 Blauwet, Cheri
A1 Webborn, Nick
A1 Lexell, Jan
A1 van de Vliet, Peter
A1 Kissick, James
A1 Stomphorst, Jaap
A1 Lee, Young-Hee
A1 Kim, Keun-Suh
YR 2020
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/1/38.abstract
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.