Rugby athletes’ awareness and compliance in the use of mouthguards in the North West of Italy
| Autor: | Michele Boffano, Cesare Gallesio, Paolo Boffano, Riccardo Cignetti, Raimondo Piana, Fabio Roccia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Engineering business.product_category biology business.industry Athletes Poison control Human factors and ergonomics biology.organism_classification Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health North west Injury prevention Physical therapy medicine Mouthguard Oral Surgery business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Dental Traumatology. 28:210-213 |
| ISSN: | 1600-4469 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2011.01067.x |
| Popis: | – Background: The prevention of dental injuries during full-contact sports such as rugby is extremely important. Wearing a mouthguard can significantly reduce the frequency and severity of orofacial injuries, but it is not always used as athletes find it difficult to tolerate. The purpose of the present study was to determine the awareness and the extent of mouthguard use in a sample of young rugby athletes in the North West of Italy. Material and Methods: The athletes of four amateurs rugby teams based in the Province of Turin, Italy completed a questionnaire about playing history, current use and type of mouthguards, disturbs associated with mouthguard use, and general attitudes towards mouthguards. Results: Only 53.85% of the subjects reported wearing their mouthguard all the time both during training and games. The most commonly reported problem associated with using a mouthguard was the discomfort on speech, followed by difficulty in closing lips, adversely affected breathing, adversely affected swallowing and slipping sensation. A statistically significant association between patients |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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