Korean J Sports Med.  2011 Jun;29(1):49-57. 10.5763/kjsm.2011.29.1.49.

Sports Injury Surveillance during Summer Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou

• Kim EK
• Kang HY
• Kim TG
• Lee JH
• Kim MH
• Song JY
• Hong SL
• Kim JD
• Park WH
• Seo KM
• Lee KT

• KMID: 2054008
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5763/kjsm.2011.29.1.49

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to do the surveillance study of sports injuries which were suffered to National players of South Korea Team during the summer Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou. All medical staffs of Korea Delegation were asked to report all sports injuries newly incurred during the Games on injury report form, and the physicians made clinical diagnoses of the injuries. Total 725 injuries (430 athletes) were reported, and 288 injuries (209 athletes) were newly incurred: 68 injuries (58 athletes) were recurrent with previous history, resulting in total incidence rate: 45.5 injuries/1000 athlete exposures (AE) (95% confidence interval [CI]: 40.1-50.6 injuries/1000 AE) and incidence proportion: 26% (95% CI: 23-29). The new injury was highest in athletics (n=37, 12.8%), hockey (n=26, 9.0%), and basketball (n=23, 8.0%). While 162 injuries (56.2%) were incurred during practice, 126 injuries (43.8%) were incurred in competition. The most frequent diagnoses were lateral ankle ligament sprain (n=28, 9.7%, 95% CI: 6.3-13.1), calf muscle cramp (n=23, 95% CI: 4.9-11.1), and hamstring strain (n=22, 95% CI: 4.6-10.7). The relapsed injury was highest in athletics (n=16, 23.5%), basketball (n=6, 8.8%), and wrestling (n=5, 7.4%). While 50 injuries (73.5%) were recurred during practice, 18 injuries (26.5%) were recurred in competition. The most frequent diagnoses of relapsed injury were calf muscle cramp (n=11, 16.2%, 95% CI: 7.4-25.0), low back strain (n=6, 8.8%, 95% CI: 2.1-15.6), and hamstring strain (n=6, 8.8%, 95% CI: 2.1-15.6). Our data indicated incidence rates, incidence proportions, characteristics and frequent diagnoses of acute and recurrent sports injuries during the games, therefore these results could provide relevant information for the sports injury prevention at elite level.

Keyword

Surveillance study of sports injury; Asian Games; Incidence rate; Incidence proportion

MeSH Terms

Animals
Ankle
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Athletes
Athletic Injuries
Basketball
Hockey
Humans
Incidence
Korea
Ligaments
Medical Staff
Muscle Cramp
Republic of Korea
Sports
Sprains and Strains
Wrestling

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