Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Sports Health. 2011 May;3(3):230-4. doi: 10.1177/1941738111398612.
Little information is available to guide the selection, preparation, and support of a traveling team physician.
To determine the types of injuries and medical problems, as well as general team health and performance issues, encountered by physicians traveling internationally with youth national soccer teams.
Descriptive epidemiology.
Physicians assigned to travel abroad with the under-17 men's and women's US national soccer teams during a 2-year period documented all encounters with team and staff members. Physicians also documented consultations related to team health and performance issues.
The 108 cases (5.71 per 10 days) were evenly divided between injuries (n = 54) and noninjuries (n = 54). Players sought care at a higher rate than did staff (2.28 vs 1.09 per 100 person days). Mean severity for all player cases was 5.19 days missed (injuries, 10.48; noninjuries, 0.23). Nearly 69% of injuries involved the lower extremities: strains, sprains, and contusions accounted for 74.1% of injuries. Gastrointestinal, dermatologic, and otolaryngologic complaints accounted for 77.8% of noninjuries. Medications were administered in 71% of cases, with analgesics, cough and cold remedies, antibiotics, and gastrointestinal agents accounting for the majority. The leading team health and performance concerns were nutrition/hydration, conditioning, prevention, and doping control.
Physicians traveling internationally with youth soccer teams manage an equal proportion of musculoskeletal and medical problems using simple medications.
指导旅行队医选择、准备和支持的信息很少。
确定与青年国家足球队一起出国旅行的医生所遇到的伤害和医疗问题类型，以及一般的团队健康和表现问题。
描述性流行病学。
在 2 年期间，被指派与美国男女 17 岁以下国家足球队一起出国旅行的医生记录了与团队和工作人员成员的所有接触情况。医生还记录了与团队健康和表现问题相关的咨询情况。
108 例（每 10 天 5.71 例）病例在损伤（n = 54）和非损伤（n = 54）之间均匀分布。球员的就诊率高于工作人员（每 100 人天 2.28 比 1.09）。所有球员病例的平均严重程度为 5.19 天缺勤（损伤 10.48；非损伤 0.23）。近 69%的损伤涉及下肢：拉伤、扭伤和挫伤占损伤的 74.1%。胃肠道、皮肤科和耳鼻喉科投诉占非损伤的 77.8%。71%的病例给予药物治疗，以镇痛药、咳嗽和感冒药、抗生素和胃肠道药物为主。主要的团队健康和表现问题是营养/水合、调理、预防和兴奋剂控制。
与青年足球俱乐部一起国际旅行的医生使用简单的药物管理等量的肌肉骨骼和医疗问题。
