@article{ref1,
title="Musculoskeletal Injuries in Elite Able-Bodied and Wheelchair Foil Fencers-A Pilot Study",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2012",
author="Chung, Wai Man and Yeung, Simon and Wong, Arnold Yu Lok and Lam, Ida Fong and Tat Fai Tse, Philip and Daswani, Dinishi and Lee, Raymond",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="278-280",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To explore the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries in elite able-bodied and wheelchair foil fencers. DESIGN: A 3-year prospective cohort study of sport injuries during 2006-2009. SETTING: A sample of elite able-bodied and wheelchair fencers (WFs) from the Hong Kong National Squad. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 14 wheelchair and 10 able-bodied elite fencers completed the 3-year study. METHODS: Monthly interviews with fencers to collect data related to their injuries. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The incidence rate and relative risk of injury were analyzed among able-bodied and WFs with different trunk control ability. RESULTS: Wheelchair fencers had higher overall injury incidence rate (3.9/1000 hours) than able-bodied fencers (AFs) (2.4/1000 hours). Wheelchair fencers with poor trunk control were more vulnerable to injuries (4.9/1000 hours) than those with good trunk control (3.0/1000 hours). Upper extremity injuries were predominant in WFs (73.8%), with elbow (32.6%) and shoulder strain (15.8%) being the most common injuries. Lower extremity injuries were predominant in AFs (69.4%), with muscle strain over knee and thigh region (22.6%), ankle sprain (14.5%), and knee sprain (11.3%) being the leading injuries. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this pilot study highlighted the distinct injury incidence between the 2 different fencer groups. Larg-scale epidemiologic and biomechanical studies are warranted to improve the understanding of fencing injuries to develop specific injury prevention/rehabilitation programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0b013e31824a577e",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0b013e31824a577e"
}