Injurie’s prevalence in athletes of the Brazilian national team of taekwondo
Objective: Identify the prevalence of injuries in male adults’ athletes of the Brazilian team of taekwondo. Methods: Eleven athletes aged 24±4.5 years answered two semi-structured questionnaires and questions for investigation of the following aspects: age; time practicing; taekwondo’s graduation; a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE) |
| Repositorio: | Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.e-revista.unioeste.br:article/22389 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/22389 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Palavras-Chave Lesões em Atletas Prevalência Artes Marciais Tae Kwon Do. Athletic Injuries Epidemiology Martial Arts Taekwondo |
| Sumario: | Objective: Identify the prevalence of injuries in male adults’ athletes of the Brazilian team of taekwondo. Methods: Eleven athletes aged 24±4.5 years answered two semi-structured questionnaires and questions for investigation of the following aspects: age; time practicing; taekwondo’s graduation; anatomical region injured during training and/or competitions; injury mechanisms during competitions and training; periodization; duration and frequency of training and competitions in the last year; and if there was interruption of taekwondo practice due to injuries. Results: The contusion was the most frequent injury, and the lower limbs were most affected, 27% reported discontinuation of training and/or competition greater than or equal to 1 day due to injuries. The mean frequency of competitions; training days per week and training months per year were: 6±3 times/year; 5±1 days/week and 10±3 months/year. Conclusion: The most prevalent injury of athletes from the Brazilian team of taekwondo was the contusion in the thigh and forearm during competitions. |
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