Musculoskeletal injuries among elite artistic and rhythmic Greek gymnasts: A ten-year study of 156 elite athletes

Musculoskeletal injuries among elite artistic and rhythmic Greek gymnasts: A ten-year study of 156 elite athletes

Data on elite gymnast injuries outside North America is sparse. We report the injuries recorded over a period of 10 years in 156 Greek elite male and female gymnasts. A total of 2390 injuries were reported for a rate of 1,5 new injuries per year per athlete. Most commonly affected areas were the hip...

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Published in:Acta orthopaedica belgica Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 145 - 149
Main Authors: Paxinos, Odysseas, Mitrogiannis, Leonidas, Papavasiliou, Athanasios, Manolarakis, Emmanouil, Siempenou, Aikaterini, Alexelis, Vasilis, Karavasili, Alexandra
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Belgium 01-06-2019
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Athletes
Athletic Injuries - epidemiology
Female
Greece - epidemiology
Gymnastics - injuries
Humans
Incidence
Low Back Pain - epidemiology
Male
Musculoskeletal System - injuries
Sprains and Strains - epidemiology
Tendinopathy - epidemiology
Young Adult
Greece
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Summary:Data on elite gymnast injuries outside North America is sparse. We report the injuries recorded over a period of 10 years in 156 Greek elite male and female gymnasts. A total of 2390 injuries were reported for a rate of 1,5 new injuries per year per athlete. Most commonly affected areas were the hip (18.5%), the ankle (16.5%), the lumbar spine (16%) and the foot (16%). The most frequent diagnosis was tendinitis (32%), followed by low back pain (20%), and sprains (12%). Fifteen athletes (9%) sustained serious injuries that required surgery. Rhythmic gymnasts had significantly more overuse type injuries compared to artistic gymnasts (p = 0.049). Gymnastics is a sport with a high incidence of musculoskeletal pathology that needs proper documentation in order to establish preventive measures.
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ISSN:0001-6462