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Sports injuries and illnesses during the Granada Winter Universiade 2015
  1. Miguel Ángel Gallo-Vallejo1,
  2. Juan Carlos de la Cruz-Márquez2,
  3. Adrián de la Cruz-Campos2⇑,
  4. Juan Carlos de la Cruz-Campos2,
  5. Francisco Luis Pestaña-Melero2,
  6. Ginés Carmona-Ruiz2,
  7. Luz María Gallo-Galán3
  1. 1 Sports Medicine Centre of Granada City Council, Granada, Spain
  2. 2 Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
  3. 3 University of Cantabria (Spain) Granada, Granada, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Adrián de la Cruz-Campos; adlcruz86{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Objective To analyse the incidence of diseases and injuries suffered by athletes participating in the 27th Winter Sports Universiade held in Granada, Spain.

Methods The daily occurrence of injuries and diseases was registered at the point of first aid (Borreguiles, 2665 metres above sea level (masl)) and in the clinic of Pradollano (2017 masl), both in Sierra Nevada, as well as in medical services provided by the organising committee of Granada 2015 Universiade and located in sport pavilions in which indoor competitions are held.

Results A total of 1109 athletes (650 men, 58.61%; 459 women, 41.39%). Nine diseases and 68 injuries were recorded. In total, the rate of injury was 6.13% (7.07% for men and 4.79% for women). The percentage of injury was highest in alpine skiing (10.34%) followed by freestyle skiing (8.62%). In relation to the time of exposure, freestyle skiing showed the shortest time of exposure (0.31 hours) before suffering an injury. Short track speed skating showed the longest exposure (9.80 hours), before suffering an injury. The most common anatomical areas of injury were the head, shoulder and knee (13.23%). Only nine diseases were suffered (four women and five men) of which six were infections, one was a friction burn, one was a lipothymy and one a cluster headache due to height.

Conclusion In general, 6.13% of the athletes sustained at least one injury and 0.81% a disease, which is a much lower percentage than that recorded in similar events. The incidence of injuries and diseases varied among sport specialities.

  • injuries
  • sports
  • illnesses
  • universiade

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000123

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MAGV Chief Medical Officer of the University of Granada 2015 Winter sports. JCCM Responsible for records of injuries and illnesses. Coordinator of the working group. ACC, Responsible for drafting the document, writing,translation. JCCC, Responsible for the preparation of statistical data. FLPM, Responsible for data collection practice in Ice Hockey exhibition, Curling and Alpine Skiing. GCR, Responsible for data collection practice exposure Snowboarding and Figure Skating. LMGG, Responsible for data collection of practical exposure in Short Track Speed Skating and Freestyle Skiing. All authors contributed to refinement of the study protocol and approved the final manuscript.

    • Competing interests The study's authors declare that they have no conflict of interest and that its objectives have been strictly scientific.

    • Ethics approval The approval of the ethic committee of Granada University has been also obtained (with registration number 22/CEIH/2015).

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Data sharing statement The data have been kept by the Chief Medical Officer Winter Universiade Sports Granada 2015 and have not been exchanged with any person or entity.