Natsis K., Apostolidis S., Anastasopoulos N., Lazaridis N., Vizas V., Vasileiou M., Sofidis G., Totlis T.
VARIAMUSCULOSKELETAL
INJURIES DURING
THE 8th WORLD UNIVERSITY WRESTLING
CHAMPIONSHIP 2008
Natsis
K.,
Apostolidis S., Anastasopoulos N., Lazaridis N., Vizas V., Vasileiou
M., Sofidis G., Totlis T.
Medical School, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The purpose of the study is to
record the incidence of the athletes’ injuries, sustained
during the 8th World University Wrestling Championship 2008, held in
Thessaloniki, Greece (9-13 July). Twenty seven countries from all over
the world participated in the Championship with 226 athletes. There
were three wrestling styles: Free style (LL), Female wrestling (LF),
Greco - Roman (GR)
Twenty countries participated in Free
style, with 77 athletes and 59 matches took place.
In Female
wrestling 17 countries participated with 65 athletes and 58 matches
took place. In Greco-Roman style 20 countries participated with 84
athletes and 77 matches took place. The total of all injuries was 18
and on top of it there was one athlete who suffered from stomach ulcer
penetration. In detail there were 7 injuries in Free style, 6 in Female
style and 6 in Greco-Roman style. One athlete in Female style sustained
2 injuries. In free style occurred 1 ankle sprain, 1 tooth fracture, 3
knee injuries, 1 neck abrasion, 1 cervical sprain. As for the female
injuries 2 ankle sprains 2 knee injuries and 1 mentum laceration were
recorded. The Greco-Roman style involved 3 nose contusions, 1 eyebrow
laceration and 2 shoulder dislocations. The incidence of
injury was 8.85%. In this study we analyze the type of injury per
wrestling style, sex, category, body location and side.
