Determinants of Sports Injury in Young Female Swedish Competitive Figure Skaters

Jederström, Moa; Agnafors, Sara; Ekegren, Christina L.; Fagher, Kristina; Gauffin, Håkan; Korhonen, Laura; Park, Jennifer; Spreco, Armin; Timpka, Toomas

doi:10.3389/fspor.2021.686019

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“…In the fierce and fast movements of competitive sports, athletes are susceptible to injuries due to accidents [ 1 ]. Short-track speed skating (STSS) is an extreme sport in pursuit of extreme speed and explosive force.…”

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Efficacy of NHP66 Bioactive Cage on Patients with Cervical Spine Injury in Short-Track Speed Skating

Yang

Liu

Yin

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Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Background. Short-track speed skating (STSS) is an extreme sport in pursuit of extreme speed and explosive force. In such a sport, once athletes fall down, they are susceptible to serious cervical spine injury (CSI) under the inertia of high-velocity movement. Nanohydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (NHP66) bioactive cage is a high-tech product of nanotechnology in the medical field in recent years. With a structure similar to that of human cortical bone, NHP66 bioactive cage has extremely high toughness and strength, which tailors to the needs of STSS. Objective. This study mainly analyzed the therapeutic effect of NHP66 on patients with CSI in STSS, aiming to provide new opportunities for the treatment of this patient population. Methods. A total of 51 patients with CSI treated in our hospital were enrolled, including 19 cases of short-track speed skaters (observation group) and 32 cases of car accidents, falls from heights, or collision injuries (control group). The relevant surgical indicators (operation time, intraoperative blood loss, etc.), the incidence of adverse reactions, the Cobb angle of cervical lordosis before and after surgery, and the fusion segment height of the cage were observed and compared between the two groups. Postoperative pain was evaluated by the visual analog scale (VAS), improvement of spinal cord injury was assessed by the American Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale, and bone fusion, bone subsidence, and other motor functions were assessed by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score rating system. Results. The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group. The Cobb angle of cervical lordosis and the fusion segment height of cage increased significantly higher in both groups after surgery. In addition, the VAS scores of the observation group 2 h and 3 d after operation were significantly lower than those of the control group. In terms of improvement of spinal cord injury, ASIA and JOA scores in the observation group were significantly higher than those before treatment and in the control group. There was no significant difference in bone fusion activity between the two groups. Conclusions. In this study, it is found through experiments that NHP66 has higher safety and application value than autogenous iliac bone, confirming that NHP66 can achieve significant results as a cage for anterior cervical decompression and iliac bone graft fusion and internal fixation in short-track speed skaters after CSI.

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Efficacy of NHP66 Bioactive Cage on Patients with Cervical Spine Injury in Short-Track Speed Skating

Yang

Liu

Yin

et al. 2022

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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“…Greater vertical velocities upon take-off were shown in very experienced athletes [ 18 ]. It has also been found that the risk of injury in figure skating correlates with age, and that older age is associated with more sports injuries [ 19 ].…”

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Performance Increases in Pair Skating and Ice Dance at International Championships and Olympic Games

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In pair skating and ice dance, performance seems to have increased at international competitions, which is potentially associated with changes in athlete age. We hypothesized increasing age, numbers of total points and more complex jumps of the best elite couples at international championships in recent years. Corresponding data were assessed via the results databases of the European and World Championships, as well as the Winter Olympics since 2005. Linear regression statistics were conducted, and significance was assessed via one-way ANOVAs. There were no significant changes in age. Increases in total points were found in both disciplines (World and European Championships both p < 0.001 for both disciplines, Olympics pair skating p = 0.003, ice dance n/a). Significant increases were found in the number of double and triple twist jumps at the European Championships (Double p = 0.046, triple p = 0.041), but not at the World Championships or the Olympics. At the World Championships, single solo jumps decreased (p = 0.031) in favor of triple jumps, which increased (p = 0.020), without a similar effect at the European Championships or Olympics. In conclusion, increases in total points and more complex jumps were observed at international championships without associated changes in age. Attention should be given to possible changes in the incidence of acute and overuse injuries following this development.

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“…In the singles skating events, overuse symptoms are more prevalent than acute injuries, while in pair skating, ice dancing and synchronized skating it is the other way around [ 6 ]. The most frequently injured locations are the ankle, knee, tibia and hip/groin [ 7 , 8 ]. Acute and upper extremity injuries are more frequent in partner disciplines due to the throws and lifts performed [ 6 ].…”

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“…The overall career prevalence of stress fractures was found to be 24% in all athletes, and 33% in those who train 12x or more per week, independent of sex [ 8 ]. In another study, the 1-year prevalence of a severe sports injury episode was 31% [ 7 ]. Older age and an increased number of skipped meals per week were associated with a sports injury episode [ 7 ].…”

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“…In another study, the 1-year prevalence of a severe sports injury episode was 31% [ 7 ]. Older age and an increased number of skipped meals per week were associated with a sports injury episode [ 7 ]. In figure skaters, due to massive impact forces, bone mineral density, trabecular bone mineral density, and bone strength are increased in the landing leg compared to the take-off leg [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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Figure skating: Increasing numbers of revolutions in jumps at the European and World Championships

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Figure skating is associated with a high prevalence of sport-specific injuries and overuse symptoms. Impacts are of greater magnitude in jumps with more revolutions that are thus connected to a greater risk of injury. While figure skating programs seem to have recently increased in difficulty, performance trends have not yet been reported in the literature. We hypothesized increasing performance and decreasing age trends of the best athletes who competed at international level in recent years. Furthermore, we aimed to identify and analyse objective performance parameters and to assess a potential link between age and the risk of injury. The development of the number of double, triple and quadruple jumps in the singles figure skating events at the World and European Championships since the introduction of the new ISU Judging System in the 2004/2005 season was analysed using regression statistics and Student’s T-Tests. In all groups, the numbers of jumps with fewer rotations significantly decreased in the favour of jumps with more rotations. Women only started to perform jumps with four rotations in 2019. In the men, the number of quadruple jumps increased from an average of less than one to more than three in recent years (European and World Championships, both p < 0.001). In the European, but not in the World Championships, the average age increased in the men and decreased in the women (European Championships, men and women p = 0.006). Our study was the first to assess performance trends in elite figure skating. The incidence of injuries and overuse syndromes in figure skating needs to be monitored cautiously, as increases can be expected following recent gains in performance and jump complexity.

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Determinants of Sports Injury in Young Female Swedish Competitive Figure Skaters

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Efficacy of NHP66 Bioactive Cage on Patients with Cervical Spine Injury in Short-Track Speed Skating

Efficacy of NHP66 Bioactive Cage on Patients with Cervical Spine Injury in Short-Track Speed Skating

Performance Increases in Pair Skating and Ice Dance at International Championships and Olympic Games

Figure skating: Increasing numbers of revolutions in jumps at the European and World Championships

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