Acute and Chronic Musculoskeletal Injury in Para Sport: A Critical Review

作者：Tuakli Wosornu Yetsa A^*; Mashkovskiy Evgeny; Ottesen Taylor; Gentry Mark; Jensen Daniel; Webborn Nick

来源：Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2018, 29(2): 205-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.pmr.2018.01.014

• Injury epidemiology
• Musculoskeletal injury
• Paralympic sport
• Para athlete
• Review

Sport-related injury patterns among Para athletes have been described with increasing frequency. This article summarizes musculoskeletal injuries in Para athletes. Seated Para athletes sustain upper extremity injuries more commonly; ambulant Para athletes frequently sustain lower extremity injuries. The upper extremity is the most commonly injured anatomic area in all Para athletes, unlike able-bodied athletes. Advanced age and spinal cord injury may increase the risk of upper extremity injury. Injury data for recreational and youth Para athletes are sparse. Summarizing current injury epidemiology data may help to accelerate the development of injury prevention strategies and lifetime injury models for Para athletes.

• 出版日期2018-5