Musculo-skeletal trauma incidence in competitive sportsmen: Forearm and elbow traumas by age groups and time spent in sports practicing (part II)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluation of trauma incidence in the sportsmen studied in 2006-2008 through the identification of the risk factors and the introduction of prevention exercises and stretching methods in the training process, during both warm-up and post-effort rehabilitation, in order to prevent (forearm and elbow) injuries and increase performance in competitive sportsmen. Results. 2006 – 2008: significantly more elbow lesions in the 13-18 age group than in the 19-22 group (p = 0.011, α = 0.05); 2008 – 2009: significantly less elbow lesions in the 19-22 age group than in the 27-30 group (p = 0.014, α = 0.05). No significant differences (p = 0.587, α = 0.05) in elbow injuries distributed by age groups were recorded between the two periods (August 2006 – July 2008 and August 2008 - July 2009). As the differences in forearm traumas by age groups are minor (p=0.128, α=0.05), no comparisons of lesions by age groups are necessary. The comparisons between the longevity in sports practicing groups in the first and second period were made with the χ2 test; the result was p = 0.48 with α=0.05 significance threshold, which means that in the two periods there are no major differences in forearm and elbow injuries between the longevity groups.

Key words:

traumas, forearm, elbow, competitive sportsmen