Sports Injuries in Paralympic Track and Field Athletes with Visual Impairment

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dc.contributor.authorMagno e Silva, Marilia Passos
dc.contributor.authorWinckler, Ciro [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorCosta e Silva, Anselmo Athayde
dc.contributor.authorBilzon, James
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Edison
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Bath
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:31:38Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:31:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-01
dc.description.abstractMAGNO E SILVA, M. P., C. WINCKLER, A. A. COSTA E SILVA, J. BILZON, and E. DUARTE. Sports Injuries in Paralympic Track and Field Athletes with Visual Impairment. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 908-913, 2013. Purpose: the aims of this study were to determine the epidemiology, nature, and pattern of sports injuries in Brazilian Paralympic track and field athletes with visual impairment and to assess differences between visual classes and sex. Methods: Forty visually impaired elite Paralympic athletes participated in this study (28 males and 12 females). All athletes competed in International Paralympic competitions between 2004 and 2008. According to the visual classification, 14 athletes were T/F11, 15 were T/F12, and 11 were T/F13. A standardized report form was used to collect injury data during five competitions. Results: Thirty-one athletes reported 77 sports injuries, with a prevalence of 78%, a clinical incidence of 1.93 injuries per athlete, and an incidence rate of 0.39 injuries per athlete per competition. Overuse injuries accounted for 82% and traumatic injuries 18% (P < 0.05). Small variations in the prevalence and clinical incidence of injury between sexes and visual classes were observed, but these were not statistically different (P > 0.05). the highest distribution of injury was in the lower limbs (87%), followed by spine (12%) and upper limbs (1%). the body regions most affected were the thighs (33.8%), lower legs (16.9%), and knees (9.1%). the most frequent diagnoses were spasms (26%), tendinopathies (23.4%), and strains (13%). Conclusions: Elite visually impaired track and field Paralympic athletes present a pattern of overuse injuries predominantly affecting the lower limbs, particularly the thighs, lower legs, and knees. These injuries are associated with tendinopathies, muscle spasms, and strains. There were no apparent differences in injury characteristics between visual classes or sex.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Campinas, Dept Adapted Phys Educ, Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Movement Sci, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Bath, Dept Hlth, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Movement Sci, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent908-913
dc.identifierhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827f06f3
dc.identifier.citationMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 45, n. 5, p. 908-913, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827f06f3
dc.identifier.issn0195-9131
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/36248
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000317847000013
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.relation.ispartofMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectAthleticsen
dc.subjectDisability sporten
dc.subjectInjury epidemiologyen
dc.subjectParalympicsen
dc.titleSports Injuries in Paralympic Track and Field Athletes with Visual Impairmenten
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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