Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Oral Health and Masticatory System Group (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Dent Traumatol. 2021 Aug;37(4):623-630. doi: 10.1111/edt.12675. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Although orofacial injuries are frequent in water polo, fewer than 10% of players use mouthguards. The aim of this study was to determine the degree to which coaches and sports club managers encourage mouthguard use in water polo and to explore their opinions regarding other strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of orofacial injuries.
This was a cross-sectional study in which the coaches and sports club managers of 16 water polo clubs in Catalonia were invited to participate. An online questionnaire was administered to the coaches to obtain general data, to determine whether they had recommended mouthguard use to their players and to record their opinions on other strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of orofacial injuries. Sports club managers were interviewed about the facilities offered by their clubs for players to obtain mouthguards and about their attitudes regarding the prevention of orofacial injuries.
The questionnaire was administered to 72 coaches who trained 111 teams during the 2019-2020 season, together with 14 sports club managers. Coaches of only 11 teams (10%) recommended mouthguard use to their players. Two clubs (14%) offered some facilities to their players to obtain mouthguards. Interestingly, only 18% of the coaches believed that mouthguard use should be mandatory, in contrast to 50% of the sports club managers (p = 0.017; Fisher's exact test). Most coaches and sports club managers believe that a video monitoring system should be used to identify dangerous play and that orofacial injuries should be reported under a surveillance programme.
Few water polo coaches recommend mouthguard use to their players and very few clubs offer facilities to obtain custom-made oral protection. However, most coaches and sports club managers agree that the rules should be modified to protect players from aggressive play.
背景/目的：尽管口腔颌面损伤在水球运动中较为常见，但仅有不到 10%的运动员使用口腔防护用具。本研究旨在确定教练和体育俱乐部管理人员鼓励水球运动员使用口腔防护用具的程度，并探讨他们对其他旨在降低口腔颌面损伤发生率的策略的看法。
这是一项横断面研究，邀请了加泰罗尼亚 16 个水球俱乐部的教练和体育俱乐部管理人员参加。向教练发放在线问卷，以获取一般资料，确定他们是否向运动员推荐使用口腔防护用具，并记录他们对其他旨在降低口腔颌面损伤发生率的策略的看法。对体育俱乐部管理人员进行访谈，了解其俱乐部为运动员提供的获取口腔防护用具的设施情况，以及他们对口腔颌面损伤预防的态度。
该问卷发放给了在 2019-2020 赛季训练 111 支队伍的 72 名教练，以及 14 名体育俱乐部管理人员。只有 11 个队伍（10%）的教练向运动员推荐使用口腔防护用具。有 2 个俱乐部（14%）为运动员提供了一些获取口腔防护用具的设施。有趣的是，只有 18%的教练认为使用口腔防护用具应该是强制性的，而 50%的体育俱乐部管理人员（p=0.017；Fisher 确切检验）则认为应该是强制性的。大多数教练和体育俱乐部管理人员认为应该使用视频监控系统来识别危险行为，并且应该在监视计划下报告口腔颌面损伤。
很少有水球教练向运动员推荐使用口腔防护用具，很少有俱乐部提供获取定制口腔保护的设施。然而，大多数教练和体育俱乐部管理人员都认为应该修改规则，以防止运动员受到攻击性动作的伤害。
