Epidemiology of Injuries in Hong Kong Elite Badminton Athletes

Abstract

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

“…Grade 3 anterior cruciate ligament sprains often necessitate reconstruction in order for an individual to return to change of direction activities. A contusion is regarded as a soft tissue injury with a subcutaneous hemorrhage and without a break in the skin [7], commonly known as a bruise. There is no international standard for reporting badminton injuries, unlike the suggested guidelines for tennis medical conditions reporting provided by Pluim [8].…”

“…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.…”

“…Our proportion of lower limb injuries was 44% for our dataset. To our knowledge only three studies have reported incidence of injury [7,10,18], and this has varied depending on player performance level and method of injury data collection. In players ranging from club to international level, the incidence of injury was reported [10] as 0.09 and 0.14 injuries per person per year for males and females respectively using an injury questionnaire for data collection.…”

“…Lower limb ligament sprains typically do not require surgery or absence from play [7]. However, the more severe Grade 3 ligament injuries are usually considered serious as they involve complete disruption of the ligament.…”

Orthopaedic sport biomechanics – a new paradigm

“…In a specific sport, i.e. badminton, athletes with previous injury history were also more prone to re-injury (Yung et al, 2007). However, some risk factors are related to the human and sports biomechanics, the use of equipment, and the athletes' behaviour, which could be preventable.…”