The mechanisms behind sports injuries in Para Alpine Skiing during the Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022
(2024) FYPK58 20241Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
- Abstract
- Introduction: Para sport has during the last decades increased and one of the largest sports during the Paralympic Winter Games is Para Alpine Skiing. Injuries are common among both Alpine skiers with and without disability and to be able to develop preventive measures there is a need to further understand the epidemiology behind injuries in Para Alpine Skiing.
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to describe the types of sports injuries (injury onset, mechanisms and anatomical area) in Para Alpine Skiing during the Winter Paralympic Games from 2014 to 2022. A second aim is to describe the incidence and injury type in the subgroups impairment, sex and age group during the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022.
Study design: This study is a... (More) - Introduction: Para sport has during the last decades increased and one of the largest sports during the Paralympic Winter Games is Para Alpine Skiing. Injuries are common among both Alpine skiers with and without disability and to be able to develop preventive measures there is a need to further understand the epidemiology behind injuries in Para Alpine Skiing.
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to describe the types of sports injuries (injury onset, mechanisms and anatomical area) in Para Alpine Skiing during the Winter Paralympic Games from 2014 to 2022. A second aim is to describe the incidence and injury type in the subgroups impairment, sex and age group during the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022.
Study design: This study is a prospective study based on epidemiological data from Paralympic Games in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
Method: Data was collected from each injured Para Alpine athlete during the Paralympic Winter Games 2014, 2018 and 2022. To report an injury, each national medical team or the local medical support facility used a web-based electronic injury and illness surveillance system. The data was analysed with both descriptive and analytical statistical methods.
Result: Athletes participating in the Sochi Paralympic Games reported the highest incidence proportion (55%), compared with Pyeongchang (33%) and Beijing (25%). In total, acute sudden onset injuries were most common (70%), and the most frequent body location was the knee (19%). It was statistically significant that more acute injuries were reported during the Beijing Paralympic Games compared to the other games (p=0.02) and that women reported more acute injuries than men during the Beijing Game (p=0.048).
Conclusion: Results from this project show that the incidence proportion of injuries in Para Alpine Skiing has decreased from 2014 to 2022. However, a concern is that a high proportion of acute injuries still are being reported and that females report a high proportion of acute injuries. To protect athlete health further research is needed to develop preventive measures within Para Alpine Skiing targeting athletes with various impairments and sexes. (Less)
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- Dahlin, Klara LU and Johansson, Maja LU
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- organization
- course
- FYPK58 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Para sport, sport injuries, Para Alpine Skiing, epidemiology, injury prevention
- language
- English
- id
- 9154417
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abstract = {{Introduction: Para sport has during the last decades increased and one of the largest sports during the Paralympic Winter Games is Para Alpine Skiing. Injuries are common among both Alpine skiers with and without disability and to be able to develop preventive measures there is a need to further understand the epidemiology behind injuries in Para Alpine Skiing.
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to describe the types of sports injuries (injury onset, mechanisms and anatomical area) in Para Alpine Skiing during the Winter Paralympic Games from 2014 to 2022. A second aim is to describe the incidence and injury type in the subgroups impairment, sex and age group during the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022.
Study design: This study is a prospective study based on epidemiological data from Paralympic Games in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
Method: Data was collected from each injured Para Alpine athlete during the Paralympic Winter Games 2014, 2018 and 2022. To report an injury, each national medical team or the local medical support facility used a web-based electronic injury and illness surveillance system. The data was analysed with both descriptive and analytical statistical methods.
Result: Athletes participating in the Sochi Paralympic Games reported the highest incidence proportion (55%), compared with Pyeongchang (33%) and Beijing (25%). In total, acute sudden onset injuries were most common (70%), and the most frequent body location was the knee (19%). It was statistically significant that more acute injuries were reported during the Beijing Paralympic Games compared to the other games (p=0.02) and that women reported more acute injuries than men during the Beijing Game (p=0.048).
Conclusion: Results from this project show that the incidence proportion of injuries in Para Alpine Skiing has decreased from 2014 to 2022. However, a concern is that a high proportion of acute injuries still are being reported and that females report a high proportion of acute injuries. To protect athlete health further research is needed to develop preventive measures within Para Alpine Skiing targeting athletes with various impairments and sexes.}},
author = {{Dahlin, Klara and Johansson, Maja}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The mechanisms behind sports injuries in Para Alpine Skiing during the Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022}},
year = {{2024}},
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