209 Performance of inertial measurement units to classify different upper limb activities in elite women’s water polo: a cross sectional study

King, Marguerite; Lewis, Amy R.; Kate, Watson; Vicenzino, Bill

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2021-ioc.192

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“…Many studies addressing upper limb injuries and pain tend to concentrate on sports involving overhead movements or throwing, such as handball [17][18][19][20], tennis [21,22], volleyball [18,19,23], baseball [24,25], judo [20], boxing [26,27] or water polo [28,29]. However, these studies exhibit variations in their research methodologies and diagnostic tools.…”

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Prevalence of upper extremity pain and disability in elite football, ice hockey and floorball players

2023

Journal of Men's Health

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In athletes, injuries and medical conditions affecting the upper extremities are quite common. However, there has been limited research on the occurrence of joint pain in the peripheral upper extremities among elite athletes. Thus, this study aimed to determine how prevalent upper limb pain and disability are among team sports players, particularly in football, ice hockey and floorball. We also aimed to compare the severity of pain and disability among these sports and assess the risk of developing upper limb pain in athletes. This cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2021 and September 2022, involving 388 male elite athletes from national-level sports clubs. The prevalence of shoulder pain and disability was determined using the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPI). Assessment of elbow pain and disability was conducted using the Oxford Elbow Score (OES), while wrist pain and disability were evaluated through the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE). Significant differences in total SPI, OES and PRWE scores were observed among all groups. Ice hockey players experienced the highest levels of shoulder and wrist pain. Compared to football and floorball players, ice-hockey players had a 2.13 times higher risk of shoulder pain, with a pain incidence of 40.8%. Ice hockey also had a 1.71 times higher risk of wrist pain than football, with a pain prevalence of 26.3%. Notably, floorball players exhibited the most pronounced elbow pain, with a 13.18-fold higher risk than football and ice-hockey players and a pain prevalence of 67.2%. The study findings suggest that ice hockey players experience the highest pain levels in their right limbs, whereas football players have the lowest pain levels, underscoring the importance of dedicating more attention to developing innovative, effective and advanced preventive programs for athletes.

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Prevalence of upper extremity pain and disability in elite football, ice hockey and floorball players

2023

Journal of Men's Health

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“…56 With the advent of water-proof inertial measurement unit's, more specific shoulder measures may become available to monitor including number and velocity of shoulder revolutions, potentially increasing the validity of relative training loads. Such research is currently being conducted in water polo, 57 and should be repeated in swimming populations. Future studies should also consider monitoring internal load including RPE, sleep, and psychological inventories as suggested by Soligard et al 58 Further to training load, the swimmer's competitive level had moderate evidence supporting its association with shoulder injury.…”

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Shoulder pain and injury risk factors in competitive swimmers: A systematic review

McKenzie,

Larequi,

Hams

et al. 2023

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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AimTo synthesize and assess the literature for shoulder pain and injury risk factors in competitive swimmers.DesignSystematic review with best‐evidence synthesis.Data SourcesCINHAL, SportDiscus, Scorpus, PubMed, and Embase databases from 1966 to April 30 2022.Search and InclusionCohort, cross‐sectional, and case–control studies investigating shoulder pain or injury risk factors in competitive swimmers were included. Quality of eligible studies were assessed using a modified Newcastle–Ottawa scale. Risk factors were divided into four categories: modifiable‐intrinsic, modifiable‐extrinsic, non‐modifiable, and other/secondary.ResultsOf 1356 studies identified, 24 full texts were evaluated for methodological quality, 22 met the criteria and were included in best evidence synthesis. There was no strong evidence supporting or refuting the association between 80 assessed variables and shoulder injury or pain. The swimmers' competitive level (nondirectional), and shoulder muscle recruitment profiles (e.g., increased activity of serratus anterior) exhibited moderate evidence supporting an association. Conversely, internal and external range of motion, middle finger back scratch test, training frequency, specialty stroke, height/weight, sex, and age all had moderate evidence opposing an association. Limited evidence was found for 58 variables, and conflicting for 8. The highest quality study (n = 201) suggested high acute‐to‐chronic workload ratio and reduced posterior shoulder strength endurance are associated with injury.ConclusionsDue to the paucity of high‐quality studies, future prospective studies are needed to reevaluate known risk factor associations over exploring additional potential risk factors. Swimming practitioners should be aware of the nondirectional association of a swimmer's competitive level and pain, as squad changes could impact injury incidence. Moreover, swimmers experiencing shoulder pain may show increased activity in shoulder stabilizers during specific movements. Importantly, shoulder strength‐endurance may be the most clinically relevant modifiable intrinsic risk factor.

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209 Performance of inertial measurement units to classify different upper limb activities in elite women’s water polo: a cross sectional study

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Prevalence of upper extremity pain and disability in elite football, ice hockey and floorball players

Prevalence of upper extremity pain and disability in elite football, ice hockey and floorball players

Shoulder pain and injury risk factors in competitive swimmers: A systematic review

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