TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Musculoskeletal Injuries in Elite Able-Bodied and Wheelchair Foil Fencers-A Pilot Study
JO  - Clinical journal of sport medicine
A1  - Chung, Wai Man
A1  - Yeung, Simon
A1  - Wong, Arnold Yu Lok
A1  - Lam, Ida Fong
A1  - Tat Fai Tse, Philip
A1  - Daswani, Dinishi
A1  - Lee, Raymond
SP  - 278
EP  - 280
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1050-642X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0b013e31824a577e
ID  - ref1
ER  -