Catastrophic Injuries in Pole Vaulters

Boden, Barry P.; Boden, Matthew G.; Peter, Rebecca G.; Mueller, Fred O.; Johnson, Jan E.

doi:10.1177/0363546512446682

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“…In 135 collegiate pole vaulters aged 20.6 ± 1.4 years, Rebella (2015) reported a quite similar injury incidence of 7.9 injuries per 1,000 athlete-exposures, with 15% of injuries leading to seasonending, although the majority of injuries lead to an average time-loss of 9 days (Rebella, 2015). But it is important to note that catastrophic injuries have also been described (Boden et al, 2001(Boden et al, , 2012. In other epidemiological studies on injuries in athletics, pole vaulters were included in the groups of jumpers making impossible the distinction of the specific injury risk and characteristics of pole vaulters (Watson and Dimartino, 1987;D'Souza, 1994;Bennell and Crossley, 1996;Edouard et al, 2011Edouard et al, , 2015aJacobsson et al, 2012Jacobsson et al, , 2013.…”

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Biomechanical Pole Vault Patterns Were Associated With a Higher Proportion of Injuries

Édouard

Sánchez²,

Bourrilhon³

et al. 2019

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Background: Pole vault is a highly demanding sport where many physical and technical requirements are engaged in performance process. Considering level of energy transferred from athlete's horizontal speed to the pole during pole bending, we can imagine that associated musculoskeletal tensions, in addition to trials accumulation, can increase the risk of (specific) injuries. Given the multiple morphological, physical and technical characteristics of vaulters and ways of pole vaulting, we can hypothesis that some patterns of pole vaults can lead to higher injury risk than others. Aim: To analyze the potential association between the biomechanical patterns of pole vault and the history of injuries. Method: We conducted a study over national-level pole vaulters including the prospective collection of pole vault biomechanical data during competition at the national elite indoor championship and youth national indoor championship (U17 and U20), associated with the retrospective collection of their injuries during the 12 preceding months through an online questionnaire. Results: Among the 88 pole vaulters participating in these championships, 62 (70.5%) accepted to participated in this study, and their pole vault biomechanical and injury data were collected. 77.4% reported having presented at least one injury during the 12 preceding months. One biomechanical parameter related to the takeoff phase (lower H2, i.e., height of the grip (superior) hand from the ground when the athlete subsequently took off from the ground) and some biomechanical parameters related to the terminal phase of the run-up phase (higher Spd [i.e., speed between 10 and 5 meters to the box), SL adj (last stride adjustment), SL var (stride length variation), t c (contact time)] were significantly associated with higher proportions of all injuries. Edouard et al. Pole Vault Biomechanics and Injuries Conclusion: Biomechanical pole vault patterns during the competition day were associated with a higher proportion of history of all injuries. Although the injury data collection was retrospective leading to recall bias risk, and do not allow determining cause-consequence relationships regarding biomechanical patterns and injury occurrence, this present study is the first to analyze potential association between the biomechanical pole vault patterns and injury occurrence, which is of great help to provide hypotheses/ideas to design future studies and to move forward into prevention measures.

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confidence: 99%

Biomechanical Pole Vault Patterns Were Associated With a Higher Proportion of Injuries

Édouard

Sánchez²,

Bourrilhon³

et al. 2019

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…Despite the dramatic reduction in fatalities, the mean number of catastrophic injuries from landing in the vault box area increased from 0.5 per year (1982 to 1998) to 1.6 per year (2003 to 2011) 68,69 , with 1 fatality. In a survey study, 80% of vaulters reported landing in or directly around the vault box during their career 70 .…”

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“…No fatalities have been reported since the 2010-2011 academic year. (This figure incorporated data from the previous articles by Boden et al 68,69 , with 2018 to 2023 data provided by Jan Johnson at the National Pole Vault Safety Center. )…”

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Catastrophic Sports Injuries

Boden,

Anderson,

Sheehan

2023

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

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➤ Catastrophic injuries in U.S. high school and college athletes are rare but devastating injuries.➤ Catastrophic sports injuries are classified as either traumatic, caused by direct contact during sports participation, or nontraumatic, associated with exertion while participating in a sport.➤ Football is associated with the greatest number of traumatic and nontraumatic catastrophic injuries for male athletes, whereas cheerleading has the highest number of traumatic catastrophic injuries and basketball has the highest number of nontraumatic catastrophic injuries for female athletes.➤ The incidence of traumatic catastrophic injuries for all sports has declined over the past 40 years, due to effective rule changes, especially in football, pole-vaulting, cheerleading, ice hockey, and rugby. Further research is necessary to reduce the incidence of structural brain injury in contact sports such as football.➤ The incidence of nontraumatic catastrophic injuries has increased over the last 40 years and requires additional research and preventive measures. Avoiding overexertion during training, confirming sickle cell trait status in high school athletes during the preparticipation physical examination, and developing cost-effective screening tools for cardiac abnormalities are critical next steps.

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“…Vaulters landed partially on the mat and bounced off to strike an unprotected area or missed the landing mat completely (Mueller & Cantu, 2007). Head trauma accounted for most of these catastrophic injuries and was the cause of death in almost every instance (Boden, Pasquina, Johnson, & Mueller, 2001). These injuries prompted major rule revisions in 1987 and 2003 regarding the configuration of the landing systems and the administration of the event (Oakes, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%