Sport injuries treated at a physiotherapy center specialized in sports

Abstract Introduction: The risk of injuries related to physical activity and sports may increase if there is predisposition, inappropriate training and/or coach guidance, and absence of sports medicine follow-up. Objective: To assess the frequency of injuries in athletes treated at a physiotherapy center specialized in sports. Methods: For the data collection was carried out the survey of injuries in records of athletes treated in eight years of activities. The data collected included: characteristics of patients, sport, injury kind, injury characteristics and affected body part. Results: From 1090 patient/athlete records, the average age was 25 years old, the athletes were spread across 44 different sports modalities, being the great majority men (75%). The most common type of injury was joint injury, followed by muscular and bone injuries. Chronic injury was the most frequent (47%), while the most common body part injured was the knee, followed by ankle and shoulder. Among all the sports, soccer, futsal, and track and field presented the highest number of injured athletes, respectively. Conclusion: Soccer was the most common sport among the injured athletes, injury kind most frequent was joint injuries and knee was the body part most injured. Chronic injuries were the most common.

摘要与引言：若运动员存在先天易感因素、训练方式不当或教练指导有误，且缺乏运动医学随访，则与体育活动及运动相关的损伤风险可能升高。研究目的：评估某专科运动物理治疗中心接诊运动员的损伤发生频率。研究方法：本研究通过回顾性调研该中心8年运营周期内的运动员诊疗记录以收集数据，采集的信息包括：患者基本特征、所从事运动项目、损伤类型、损伤特点以及受累身体部位。研究结果：本次研究共纳入1090份患者/运动员诊疗记录，受试者平均年龄为25岁，所参与的运动项目涵盖44个不同类别，其中男性占比75%，为绝大多数。最常见的损伤类型为关节损伤，其次为肌肉损伤与骨损伤。慢性损伤最为高发（占比47%），而最常受累的身体部位为膝关节，其次为踝关节与肩关节。在所有运动项目中，足球、五人制足球以及田径的受伤运动员人数位列前三。研究结论：在本次研究的受伤运动员中，足球是最常见的运动项目，最频发的损伤类型为关节损伤，膝关节是最常受累的身体部位，慢性损伤为最常见的损伤类型。