Figure Skating Injuries

Bloch, Rina

doi:10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30222-5

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“…Our results show that the number of low back problems are similar to those found in other figure skating disciplines [2,4,5,9]. Omey and Micheli [9] found that besides overuse and acute injuries, low back pain was the most frequent complaint seen in singles and pair figure skaters.…”

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“…Reviewing the overall lower extremity injuries in synchronized skaters, the majority of them are knee injuries (Table 4), mostly ligament/meniscus injury, contusions, haematomas, and lacerations, while in a previous study [5] we found that among pairs and ice dancers knee injuries are a minority compared to the other acute injuries. In figure skaters, among acute injuries, the prevalence of ankle sprains is greater than 50%, as reported by Authrosen [1], Bloch [2], Danowski [4], and Dubravcic-Simunjak et al [5], while in the present study we found that in synchronized skaters the incidence of ankle sprains/strains was only 19.5 % in female and 25 % in male skaters. During their training figure skaters practice double, triple, and quadruple jumps on and off the ice, and due to failures in clean landings ankle sprains occur quite often in that skating discipline.…”

Section: Smith and Ludingtonsupporting

confidence: 74%

“…Since epidemiological studies of injuries in elite synchronized skaters are lacking, the aim of this study was to collect data about physical and training characteristics specific to the sport and to assess the occurrence of injuries in senior synchronized skaters. Two types of injuries can be distinguished in all skating disciplines -the acute defined as tissue damage that occurs at a specific time, and overuse injuries, in which the time of occurrence cannot be exactly specified, and in most cases the skaters neither feels, nor remembers the time of initial tissue damage [2,4,5]. For this purpose a questionnaire was used to collect data on injuries in this developing ISU skating discipline.…”

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Injuries in Synchronized Skating

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Synchronized skating is a relatively new competitive sport and data about injuries in this discipline are lacking. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency and pattern of acute and overuse injuries in synchronized skaters. Before and during the World Synchronized Skating Championship 2004, a questionnaire inquiring about the frequency of injuries in this skating discipline was given to 23 participating teams. A total of 514 women and 14 men senior skaters completed the questionnaires (100 % response). Two hundred and eighteen (42.4 %) female and 6 (42.9 %) male skaters had suffered from acute injuries during their synchronized skating career. As some skaters had suffered from more than one injury, the total number of acute injuries in females was 398 and in males 14. In female skaters 19.8 % of acute injuries were head injuries, 7.1 % trunk, 33.2 % upper, and 39.9 % lower extremity injuries. In male skaters 14.3 % were head injuries, 28.6 % upper, and 57.1 % lower extremity injuries, with no report of trunk injuries. Sixty-nine female and 2 male skaters had low back problems and 112 female and 2 male skaters had one or more overuse syndromes during their skating career. Of 155 overuse injuries in female skaters, 102 (65.8 %) occurred during their figure skating career, while 53 injuries (34.2 %) only occurred when they skated in synchronized skating teams. In male skaters, out of 5 overuse injuries, 4 (80 %) occurred in their figure skating career, while 1 (20 %) occurred during their synchronized skating career. Out of the total of 412 injuries, 338 (82 %) occurred during on-ice practice, while 74 (18 %) happened during off-ice training. Ninety-one (26.9 %) acute injures occurred while practicing individual elements, and 247 (73.1 %) on-ice injuries occurred while practicing different team elements. We conclude that injuries in synchronized skating should be of medical concern due to an increasing number of acute injuries, especially those that go beyond the soft tissue and include head injuries and fractures. We feel that these more significant injuries MAY TO SOME EXTENT BE attributable to the increasing physical demands and technical difficulty required of the teams now participating in a more competitive environment over the last four years.

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“…1 Most of the injuries in the current study resulted from an acute trauma (60%), whereas investigations in younger skaters have observed an equal number of acute trauma and overuse injuries, 2,11 a higher number of acute injuries, 12 and a higher number of overuse injuries. 13 Dubravcic-Simunjak et al 5 suggest that the particular skating discipline might affect whether the skater is at a higher risk for acute or overuse injuries; overuse injuries might be more common in singles skaters, whereas acute injuries might be more common in pairs skaters and ice dancers. Although most skating disciplines were represented in the current study, many of the adult skaters indicated that they participated in more than 1 discipline (ie, singles, ice dancing, or synchronized skating).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Similar to reports on injuries in young elite skaters, most of the injuries in the adult skaters were to the lower extremity (foot/ankle, knee, or hip). 1,4,5,12,13 As is the case with younger skaters, many of the lower extremity injuries might be related to strength imbalance, reduced flexibility, and possible skating-boot-related issues. Future studies will need to evaluate the influence of exercise and skating habits, flexibility, strength, boot-related issues, and other factors on the incidence of injuries and injury prevention in adult skaters.…”

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Physical Characteristics and Incidence of Injuries in Adult Figure Skaters

Ferrara

Hollingsworth²

2007

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

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Purpose:To examine relationships between physical characteristics and injuries in adult figure skaters.Methods:One hundred thirty adult figure skaters (113 women and 17 men, 43 ± 9 and 55 ± 10 y old, respectively) completed study questionnaires concerning health, height and weight, exercise habits, and injuries in the preceding year.Results:The men were older and taller and weighed more than the women (P < .05). Approximately 80% had normal body-mass index (BMI, weight [kg]/height [m]2), and the other 20% were overweight or obese based on BMI. Study participants had been skating for 12 ± 10 y (range 1 to 68 y). Most skate 4 to 5 h/wk (competitive > recreational skaters, P < .05). Although approximately 50% of competitive skaters always warm up or stretch before skating, less than 30% of the recreational skaters always do so (P < .05). Seventy-two skaters (56%) reported at least 1 injury in the preceding year. Most of the injuries were acute injuries to the lower extremity and were related to skating (76%). There were no differences in the incidence of stretching or warm-up activities or the number of hours per week spent skating in those who had incurred a skating-related injury compared with those who had not been injured (P > .05).Conclusions:The results suggest that adult skaters have training and exercise habits that might increase their risk of injury and impair athletic performance. This suggests the importance of educational programming for adult skaters designed to address injury prevention and basic exercise-training principles.

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Caine

2009

Epidemiology of Injury in Olympic Sports

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Figure Skating Injuries

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