Department of Medicine and Science, Korean Olympic Committee, South Korea.
Department of Special Education, Dankook University.
Sportverletz Sportschaden. 2020 Dec;34(4):217-226. doi: 10.1055/a-1257-7676. Epub 2020 Dec 1.
This study aimed to determine the patterns of injury associated with training activities in elite South Korean rowing athletes training for the Olympic Games. Data were prospectively collected between 2010 and 2019 at the Korea National Training Center in South Korea. Three sports medicine doctors assessed athletes, and the data were stratified according to sex, rowing style, weight class, site of injury, and severity of injury. The groups were compared using the c 2 test. The 95 % confidence interval with Poisson rates and exact Poisson test were used for comparison of rates. In total 514 injuries were recorded during the study period, with an average of 2.86 injuries per athlete annually; among these, over half (57.8 %) were mild injuries. Most injuries occurred in the lower extremities (42.0 %), followed by the trunk (30.2 %), the upper extremities (24.9 %), and the head and neck area (2.9 %). Weight class was significantly associated with severity of injury in all rowing athletes (p < 0.001), for both male and female rowing athletes (p = 0.006 and p = 0.014, respectively). Lightweight male athletes demonstrated higher incidence rate of injury than open-weight male athletes (p < 0.001). On the contrary, lightweight female athletes demonstrated lower incidence rates of injury than open-weight female athletes (p < 0.001). These findings on the incidence of training injuries and patterns based on rowing styles, sexes, and weight classes may elucidate the circumstances leading to injuries in elite Korean rowing athletes. Furthermore, these findings may contribute to the development of programs to enhance athletic performance and reduce the incidence of sports injuries.
本研究旨在确定与参加奥运会韩国赛艇精英运动员训练活动相关的损伤模式。数据于 2010 年至 2019 年在韩国国家训练中心前瞻性收集。三位运动医学医生对运动员进行评估，根据性别、赛艇风格、体重级别、损伤部位和损伤严重程度对数据进行分层。使用 c 2 检验比较组间差异。使用泊松比率和确切泊松检验的 95%置信区间进行比率比较。研究期间共记录 514 例损伤，平均每位运动员每年发生 2.86 例损伤；其中，超过一半（57.8%）为轻度损伤。大多数损伤发生在下肢（42.0%），其次是躯干（30.2%）、上肢（24.9%）和头颈部（2.9%）。体重级别与所有赛艇运动员的损伤严重程度显著相关（p<0.001），男性和女性赛艇运动员均如此（p=0.006 和 p=0.014）。轻量级男性运动员的损伤发生率高于公开级男性运动员（p<0.001）。相反，轻量级女性运动员的损伤发生率低于公开级女性运动员（p<0.001）。这些关于训练损伤发生率以及基于赛艇风格、性别和体重级别损伤模式的发现，可以阐明导致韩国精英赛艇运动员受伤的情况。此外，这些发现可能有助于制定提高运动表现和减少运动损伤发生率的计划。
