Sport injuries in the European Union

Abstract

The promotion of physical exercise is an essential strategy of health promotion. However, a sizeable proportion of health gains are lost due to sport injuries. As safety concerns are a factor in the decision to participate in sports, reducing the injury risk is also an essential strategy of public health policies. Prerequisite for targeted programmes is the assessment of injury risks associated with certain activities, facilities, products and services. Usual health statistics (deaths, hospital discharges, medical treatments) do not contain this kind of information. In order to compensate for this shortcoming, 12 EU-countries have implemented a monitoring system with the focus on external circumstances, based on samples of hospitals (A+E departments) – the European Injury Data Base (IDB). It allows for rough but comparable estimates of incidence rates. In the course of an ongoing EU project a survey on sport injuries in the European Union (500 million inhabitants) has been derived, for the first time. According to the IDB definitions of sports, annually about 4.5 million people aged 15 years and older have to be treated in EU hospitals for sport injury. Team ball sports account for 40% of all hospital treated sport injuries, uncontestedly led by football (soccer). Two third of injuries affects men, although with huge differences in the various types of sport. IDB data allow also for more detailed analyses of injury mechanisms. The potential of the IDB system for guiding prevention programmes will also be illustrated in an exemplary way.

Sport Injuries and Preventive Measures in Handball / Rankininkų patiriamos traumos ir naudojamos prevencinės priemonės

“…Tačiau ir vyresnio amžiaus sportininkai bei sportininkai profesionalai daugiausia patiria kelių traumų. Teigiama, kad 24,9 % rankininkų vyrų ir 49,1 % profesionaliai sportuojančių moterų patyrė kelių traumas (Kisser, Bauer, 2012). Analizuojant duomenis pasitvirtina tai, kad daugiausia traumų tenka apatinėms galū-nėms: vyrų ir moterų nuomone, siekia apie 80 %, o jaunimo nuomone, -apie 73 % (Hatzimanouil et al, 2015).…”

Causes of Sports Injuries and Preventive Measures of Physical Active Students / Studentų sportinių traumų priežastys ir naudojamos prevencinės priemonės

“…Bet koks sužalojimas, kuris nutinka atliekant sportinę veiklą, vadinamas sportine trauma (Kisser, Bauer, 2012). Daugiau nei 525 tūkst.…”

“…Tai galva, rankos, keliai, pėdos (čiurnos) (Kisser, Bauer, 2012). Neatsižvelgiant į amžių, lytį ir veiklos lygį, daugiausia pažeidžiamos apatinės galūnės (Wedderkopp et al, 1999; Luig, Henke, 2010; Zech et al, 2012).…”

Factors Causing Sports Injuries in Young Athletes

“…Yaklaşık 6 milyon kişinin spor yaralanmaları sonucunda tedaviye ihtiyaç duyduğu ve bu bireylerin %10'unun ise en az bir (1) gün süreyle hastanelerde yatarak tedavi olması gerektiği ifade edilmiştir. Ayrıca, her yıl 7000 civarında ölümcül spor yaralanmaları meydana geldiği belirtilmiştir (Kisser & Bauer, 2012). Bu sakatlanma oranlarının yaş, cinsiyet veya spor türü faktörlerinden bağımsız olarak ortaya konduğu görülmektedir.…”