Badminton injuries--a prospective epidemiological and socioeconomic study.

Abstract

During a 1-year period 100 badminton players were registered and treated in the casualty ward of Randers City Hospital, Denmark. The injuries to the badminton players constituted 5% of all sports injuries registered during the same period in the casualty wardl'2. At follow-up questionnaires were sent to all participants. Replies were received from 89 patients. Over the same period all sports participants in the hospital catchment area (30 254) were registered according to their sport affiliation (2620 badminton players -1650 men and 970 women). Of those injured 58% were men (mean age 31 years) and 42% were women (mean age 25 years). Of the injuries 55% occurred in club players, the remainder occurring during company and school sports activities. The active players were classified into three groups according to age: Group 1 under 18 years (31%); Group 218-25 years (16%); Group 3 more than 25 years (53%). According to the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 17% of the injuries were classified as minor, 56% as moderate, and 27% as severe, respectively. Of the severe injuries (AIS = 3) 56% were found in the oldest age group. AIS correlated with time absent from sport (P <0.001). Nine players (9%) reported that earlier injuries had influenced the actual accident. Most players (96%) trained one to three times a week. Sprains were the injury most commonly diagnosed (56%), fractures accounted for 5%, tom ankle ligaments were found in 10%, and 13% had ruptures to the Achilles tendon. Overall, 21% were admitted to hospital. None of the patients treated as inpatients was kept in hospital for more than 7 days. The injury caused 56% of players to be absent from work of whom 23% were absent for more than 3 weeks. After the injury 12% of the players gave up their sport, and only 4% restarted their training/sport within 1 week. As many as 28% had to avoid training and playing in matches for 8 weeks or more.Keywords: Badminton injuries, prospective study, epidemiology, traumatology, Abbreviated Injury Scale, socioeconomic consequences Participation in all kinds of sports activities has increased considerably during the past decade. In Denmark there is a long tradition of badminton. More than 170 000 players are organized into 650 clubs.Badmintoon is an indiviidual, non-contact sport requiring jumps, lunges, quick changes of direction and rapid arm movements. Most severe injuries are related to the lower limbs3. The aim of the present study was to describe the frequency, severity and pattern of badminton injuries in a population based study and to estimate the sports and socioeconomic consequences to the players. Materials and methodsThe study consisted of 100 badminton injuries registered during 1 year in the casualty ward, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Randers city hospital, Denmark -the only hospital in a well defined geographical area representative of the country as a whole. Of the total sports injuries' 1, 5% were due to badminton. During the same period the total number of injuries registered was 17700 among a population of...

A Retrospective Review from 2006 to 2011 of Lower Extremity Injuries in Badminton in New Zealand

“…As an example, the FIFA 11+ warm-up programme, is designed to reduce lower limb injuries, including ACL injuries, among football players aged 14 years and older (http://f-marc.com/11plus/home/). The greater proportion of some injuries in males in the current study was similar to that in previous work [11,13,14]; nevertheless participation rate was not accounted for as gender participation numbers were not available from Badminton New Zealand. In studies where an elite sample [15] and community participation [12] were adjusted for, the risk of injuries to males and to females was comparable.…”

“…Other authors have also reported age as a risk factor for badminton (Table 3). Previous studies using data across performance levels have presented three age-bands: under 16, 16-25 and above 25 [11]; or under 18, 18-25 and above 25 years old [12,13]. Although the greater number of injuries was seen in the higher age-groups, the results lack specificity due to a much wider age range of 7-57 years [12] and 10-60 years [13].…”

“…The high incidence of injuries among 40-49 years old could be due to the ageing process, which may result in reduced mobility, musculoskeletal strength and kinaesthetic awareness [21][22][23]. The difference in mean age was greater for females when comparing the present study (38.1 ± 17.5 years) with earlier studies; 21.6 years [12] and 26.0 years [13]. As the risk of injury varies with age, attempts to plan training individually and to institute injury prevention measures should be made.…”

“…Previous epidemiology studies (Table 3) on badminton have ranged from 1 to 8 years in duration, with an average of three years [7,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Injuries to the lower extremity represented between 50% and 92% of all injuries in these studies with the majority being mild to moderate in nature.…”

“…Previous studies using data across performance levels have presented three age-bands: under 16, 16-25 and above 25 [11]; or under 18, 18-25 and above 25 years old [12,13]. Although the greater number of injuries was seen in the higher age-groups, the results lack specificity due to a much wider age range of 7-57 years [12] and 10-60 years [13]. The lower age-bands used in previous work may have been chosen due to a lower mean age of players compared to our study.…”