Blake Catherine, O'Malley Edwenia, Gissane Conor, Murphy John C
UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, Health Sciences Centre, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary's University College, London, Twickenham, UK.
BMJ Open. 2014 Jun 19;4(6):e005059. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005059.
Hurling is a stick handling game which, although native to Ireland, has international reach and presence. The aim of this study was to report incidence and type of injuries incurred by elite male hurling players over five consecutive playing seasons.
Prospective cohort study.
Male intercounty elite sports teams participating in the National GAA Injury Database, 2007-2011.
A total of 856 players in 25 county teams were enrolled.
Incidence, nature and mechanism of injury were recorded by team physicians or physiotherapists to a secure online data collection portal. Time-loss injury rates per 1000 training and match play hours were calculated and injury proportions were expressed.
In total 1030 injuries were registered, giving a rate of 1.2 injuries per player. These were sustained by 71% (n=608) of players. Injury incidence rate was 2.99 (95% CI 2.68 to 3.30) per 1000 training hours and 61.75 (56.75 to 66.75) per 1000 match hours. Direct player-to-player contact was recorded in 38.6% injuries, with sprinting (24.5%) and landing (13.7%) the next most commonly reported injury mechanisms. Median duration of time absent from training or games, where the player was able to return in the same season, was 12 days (range 2-127 days). The majority (68.3%) of injuries occurred in the lower limbs, with 18.6% in the upper limbs. The trunk and head/neck regions accounted for 8.6% and 4.1% injuries, respectively. The distribution of injury type was significantly different (p<0.001) between upper and lower extremities: fractures (upper 36.1%, lower 1.5%), muscle strain (upper 5.2%, lower 45.8%).
These data provide stable, multiannual data on injury patterns in hurling, identifying the most common injury problems. This is the first step in applying a systematic, theory-driven injury prevention model in the sport.
曲棍球是一项使用球棒的运动，尽管起源于爱尔兰，但在国际上也有广泛的参与度和影响力。本研究的目的是报告精英男性曲棍球运动员在连续五个比赛赛季中受伤的发生率和类型。
前瞻性队列研究。
参加2007 - 2011年全国盖尔运动协会（GAA）伤病数据库的男性郡际精英运动队。
共有来自25个郡队的856名运动员参与。
团队医生或物理治疗师通过安全的在线数据收集平台记录损伤的发生率、性质和机制。计算每1000个训练和比赛小时的失时损伤率，并表示损伤比例。
共记录了1030例损伤，每名运动员的损伤率为1.2例。71%（n = 608）的运动员受到了这些损伤。每1000个训练小时的损伤发生率为2.99（95%可信区间2.68至3.30），每1000个比赛小时为61.75（56.75至66.75）。38.6%的损伤记录为球员之间的直接接触，接下来最常报告的损伤机制是短跑（24.5%）和落地（13.7%）。球员能够在同一赛季回归的情况下，训练或比赛缺勤的中位持续时间为12天（范围2 - 12
