Injuries in elite road cyclists during competition in one UCI WorldTour season: a prospective epidemiological study of incidence and injury burden.

Autor:	Edler C; Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine, Bg Hospital Hamburg - Teaching Hospital of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany., Droste JN; Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine, Bg Hospital Hamburg - Teaching Hospital of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.; Department of Medicine and Sports Science RB Leipzig Football Club, Leipzig Germany., Anemüller R; Department of Trauma, Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Traumatology, BG Hospital Hamburg - Teaching Hospital of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany., Pietsch A; Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine, Bg Hospital Hamburg - Teaching Hospital of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany., Gebhardt M; Department of Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Park Clinic Manhagen, Großhansdorf, Germany., Riepenhof H; Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine, Bg Hospital Hamburg - Teaching Hospital of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.; Department of Medicine and Sports Science RB Leipzig Football Club, Leipzig Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Physician and sportsmedicine [Phys Sportsmed] 2023 Apr; Vol. 51 (2), pp. 129-138. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 02.
DOI:	10.1080/00913847.2021.2009744
Abstrakt:	Methods: Fifty-four male athletes from two different teams were involved. Accidents and injuries were recorded immediately after the incident by a team physician present at every race. Exposure, location, type and cause of injury have been recorded. Incidence was calculated. Severity was measured as a cumulative severity score and burden depicted in a risk matrix. Results: Total time of exposure was 12537 hours over 3524 athlete days and 544002 kilometers of racing. 98 accidents were recorded, with 83 leading to injury. The total number of recorded injuries was 193. Injury incidence for all injuries was 54,8 (±SD 47,7-62,8) /1000 athlete days, 15,4 (±SD 13,4-17,7) /1000 athlete hours and 35,5 (±SD 30,8-40,8) /100.000 km raced. By far the most frequent types of injury were hematomas, contusions and bruising (n = 141, 73%) followed by lacerations (n = 22; 11,4%). Most injuries affected the arm and elbow (n = 34, 17,6%) followed by the shoulder and clavicle (n = 28, 14,5%) and occurred with contact (79%). Fractures pose a high injury burden due to long time loss, whereas hematomas, contusions and bruising showed the highest incidence numbers but comparably less time loss. Conclusion: Road cyclists' injuries have been underestimated in previous studies. Hematomas, contusions and bruising pose the highest number of injuries with a broad degree of severity and range of injury burden. Fractures are less common but show the highest injury burden. The upper extremities are involved the most.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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