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PubMed1979

[The influence of sports injuries on sport participation and work].

The incidence and complications of sport injuries in athletics, basketball, gymnastics, hockey, netball, cricket, tennis and soccer were analysed from questionnaire responses of 239 sport participants in Pretoria. Lower limb injuries were most common (73%). Torn tendomuscular organs represented 29,3% of the total number of injuries; sprains, strains and dislocations 35,9%; and fractures 20,5%. Medical treatment was sought by 62,8% of the patients. A total of 60,7% of the subjects was advised to suspend further participation in sport, but 30,6% failed to do so and more than half of these again sustained injuries. Those who were booked off from work totalled 18,0%, but a further 4,5% stayed away from work voluntarily.

Absenteeism↗
PubMed1977

A double-glind comparative trial of naproxen and indomethacin in sports injuries.

Fifty patients suffering from sports injuries were included in a double-blind trial comparing the efficacy and side-effects of naproxen and indomethacin. The patients' daily record cards showed that the number of patients whose paine cleared in less than seven days was statistically significantly greater in the naproxen grout (P = 0.03). Overall change at the seven-day follow-up visit, changes in the degree of pain, swelling and limitation of movement, as well as the number of patients ready for full activity at seven days were also greater in the naproxen group. However, the differences between the two groups of treatment did not reach statistical significance. The number of side-effects was equal in both treatment groups. One patient on indomethacin had to be withdrawn from the trial after two days' treatment, because of severe gastric pains.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Dunedin sports injuries, 1974-1976.

An analysis of 3894 sports injuries presented to the Dunedin accident and emergency centre between 1 April 1974 and 30 March 1976 is reported. An outline of the general age, sex, sport, site and type of injury trends follows, and comparisons with published New Zealand and overseas studies are made. The paper concludes with comments on problem areas and suggests some safety measures.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Diclophenac sodium, oxyphenbutazone and placebo in sports injuries of the knee.

In a double-blind between-patient study of 69 patients with sports injuries of the knee, diclophenac sodium (Voltaren) was significantly superior to oxyphenbutazone (Tanderil) and placebo in improving the degree of swelling and the condition of the injured knee. Both drugs were superior to placebo with regard to analgesia by the second day of treatment. In addition, diclophenac sodium significantly improved the condition of the injured knee by the end of the trial. Three patients dropped out of the trial for reasons not related to the drug. Two patients in the diclophenac sodium group failed to complete the trial due to rapid recovery and 1 each in the diclophenac sodium and oxyphenbutazone groups because of poor tolerability. Nine patients who completed the trial reported mild to moderate side-effects, consisting mainly of drowsiness and nausea.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

A placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of Benorylate tablets in the treatment of bursitis and synovitis due to sports injury.

In this two-week study, Benoral tablets, at a 4.5 g daily dosage were compared with a matching placebo in 20 patients suffering from sports injury. Four assessments were made: pain at rest, pain on movement, tenderness and soft tissue swelling. In each case the active treatment group (benorylate) was statistically greater than that in the placebo group at one week and after two weeks' treatment.

Athletic Injuries↗
PubMed1977

[Winter sports injuries of the urogenital tract (author's transl)].

During 1964-1974 112 injuries of the urogenital tract caused by winter sports were treated at the University Hospital Innsbruck, Department of Urology. Eighty-eight patients suffered skiing injuries, 20 tobogganing injuries, and one injury each was caused by ski jumping and bobsleighing accidents, two traumas resulted from a fall from a chair lift. On the basis of typical case reports the most common types of trauma of the urogenital tract are demonstrated and the basic mechanisms of the accidents are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the obvious increase of lesions of the external genitalia and the urethra in the last few years caused by the so-called spinning ski, as well as the frequency of kidney traumas, especially in winters with little snow. Tobogganing accidents caused injuries to the kidneys as well as to bladder and urethra. In contrast to traumas caused by skiing, tobogganing injuries were mostly multiple. Analysis of patients records shows an increase of these injuries, which were really not typical for winter sports. The possible reasons as well as their prevention are discussed.

Athletic Injuries↗
PubMed1979

[Winter sport injuries in childhood (author's transl)].

3374 accidents occurring on the field of sport during the years 1975--1977 accounted for 19% of all accidents dealt with at the Institute of Kinderchirurgie in Graz. 51% of the accidents were caused by the typical winter sports: skiing, tobogganing, ice-skating and ski-jumping with skiing accounting for 75% of the accidents. The fracture localization typical of the different kinds of winter sport is dealt with in detail. The correct size and safety of the equipment were found to be particularly important in the prevention of such accidents in childhood.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Girls' sports injuries in high school athletics.

Because of appreciable increases in the number of participants, injuries resulting from girls' interscholastic athletic activities have become a concern for school administrators and medical care providers. Four girls' high school athletic programs were prospectively studied for two years. Specially trained athletic trainers placed at each school examined each injured athlete and collected epidemiologic data. The 870 participant-seasons in nine sports resulted in 192 injuries. Three times more injuries occurred in practices than in competitive events. Although more than one third required a physician's services, the majority (59%) had returned to full athletic activity within a week of injury. Strains and sprains accounted for nearly two thirds of the injuries. Generally, the type and frequency of injuries were comparable with those seen in noncontact boys' interscholastic sports.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

[Sport injuries due to squash. Epidemiology and prevention (author's transl)].

A statistical collection of squash injuries in 8000 players from 30 squash centers in the Federal Republic of Germany over a 12 months period is presented and evaluated. The comparison with other types of sport shows squash to be sooner likely to cause injuries than tennis, but to entail essentially less injuries than e.g. football or handball. With a view to prevention, certain demands must be made on the player as regards his manner of playing and equipment, but also as regards the ground conditions of squash halls.

Arm Injuries↗
PubMed1975

[Chronic knee instability. Technics and results of ligament plasty in sports injuries].

Chronic laxity of the knee in sportsmen is limited in practice, owing to the mechanisms of blockage of rotation, to lesions of the medial and anterior cruciate ligaments, associated or not with tears of the meniscus. Full assessment is essential to draw up a full therapeutic plan. It is very difficult, even when clinical examination is completed by excellent XRays. The great technical facility of operations of musculo-aponeurotic transposition, has led surgeons to discard plastic operations on the ligaments. They do, however, give the best chance of return to sporting activity. Two techniques are discussed, one a plastic of the medial ligament, the other designed to palliate rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament. These operations are strong and precise straightaway but the prognosis depends mainly on the number of structures affected.

Athletic Injuries↗