PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games and athletes’ usage of ‘polyclinic’ medical services
| Autor: | Sae Yong Lee, Keum Seok Bae, Myoung Gi On, Sandy Jeong Yeon Rhie, Young Hee Lee, Hongjin Shim, Doo Sup Kim, Goo Hyun Baek |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General) Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Stadium 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 Health care Mass gathering medicine Outpatient clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine # pyeongchang winter olympic games # retrospective study biology business.industry Athletes Respiratory infection 030229 sport sciences biology.organism_classification Polyclinic Family medicine Original Article Snow Sports business human activities # polyclinic |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2019) BMJ Open Sport — Exercise Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2055-7647 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThis paper aims to describe the medical service of two polyclinics of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games and to analyse the injury and illness of athletes who visited the polyclinics during the oilympic period in order to provide some insight with respect to the future construction and operation of polyclinics in mass gathering events such as the Olympic Games.MethodsThe PyeongChang Olympic Village was located near the Olympic Stadium for snow sports athletes and the Gangneung Olympic Village was located near the ice venues for ice sports athletes. During the Olympic Games, polyclinics were consisted of emergency service and outpatient clinics. We retrospectively analysed the electronic medical record data of athletes who visiting polyclinics between 9 February 2018 and 25 February 2018.ResultsDuring the Olympics, there were 1639 athlete encounters in both polyclinics. Among those, injuries of athletes were 237 (14% of all athlete encounters) in total, and the most common injured site was knee joint. Upper respiratory infection was the most frequent case in diseases of athlete encounters. Total 223 cases of image study were done, MRI was 44 cases.ConclusionThe PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games had the highest number of participants in the history of Winter Olympic Games. Overall 48% of athletes encountered polyclinics due to disease during the Games period. Upper respiratory infection and other seasonal diseases were more frequent this Olympic Games than before. Polyclinics were managed healthcare of athletes as well as injury and illness of athletes. In winter sports, a polyclinic and similar medical facilities should be prepare for diseases considering geography, weather as well as injuries and endemic diseases when planning future mass gathering events. |
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