A 16 year study of injuries to professional kickboxers in the state of Victoria, Australia

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the rate and type of injuries occurring to registered professional kickboxers in Victoria, Australia over a 16 year period. Methods: Data describing all fight outcomes and injuries sustained during competition for the period August 1985 to August 2001 were obtained from the Victorian Professional Boxing and Combat Sports Board. Results: A total of 382 injuries were recorded from 3481 fight participations, at an injury rate of 109.7 injuries per 1000 fight participations. The most common body region injured was the head/neck/face (52.5%), followed by the lower extremities (39.8%). Specifically, injuries to the lower leg (23.3%), the face (19.4%), and intracranial injury (17.2%) were the most common. Over 64% of the injuries were superficial bruising or lacerations. Conclusion: The nature of kickboxing, whereby kicking the opponent is the prime movement and the head a prime target, is reflected in the distributions of body regions most commonly injured by participants. Further research into injury patterns in different styles of kickboxing and the mechanism of injury occurrence is required. Exposure adjusted prospective studies are needed to monitor injury rates over time.

Investigation of antihypothalamus and antipituitary antibodies in amateur boxers: is chronic repetitive head trauma-induced pituitary dysfunction associated with autoimmunity?

“…Concussion is an injury associated with sports including boxing, kickboxing, football, and ice hockey (7,8). Current data clearly demonstrate that sports-related chronic repetitive head trauma due to amateur boxing and kickboxing might result in pituitary hormone deficiencies, in particular, isolated GH deficiency (9)(10)(11).…”

Head Trauma in Female Professional Wrestlers

“…The frequency of head trauma per match is 5.1% (91 cases/1,770 matches) in Shotokan karate (U.K.), 6) 22.5% (96/427) in professional boxing (Australia), 24) and 5.7% (197/3,481) in professional kick boxing (Australia). 25) Compared with these values, the frequency of head trauma per match in our female wrestlers was low, but only 13 regular wrestlers had 817 matches in 14 months, so the number of matches fought per wrestler was clearly higher than in other martial arts. Also, only one of the three wrestlers, who developed retrograde amnesia immediately after head trauma, consulted a medical facility.…”

“…Head trauma suffered during sports activities is well known, 1,2,6,7,13,14,16,21,[23][24][25] and incidents associated with snowboarding have increased recently with the rise in the popularity of the sport. 19) Professional wrestling in Japan has lead to the deaths of two female and one male wrestlers due to head trauma since 1997, 20) but these incidents have not been adequately evaluated.…”

Verletzungen der Hand durch Kampfsport

“…Beim Ringen und Boxen kommen Verletzungen des Kopfs und der oberen Extremität deutlich häufiger vor [38]. So wurden in einer Schweizer Studie 10 % der aufgetretenen Verletzungen beim Kampfsport (ohne weitere Differenzierung der Kampfsportart) als Fraktur identifiziert, die obere Extremität war hiervon in einem Viertel der Fälle betroffen, weitaus weniger häufig als die untere Extremität mit 50 % [2].…”