@article{ref1,
title="Injuries and time loss in elite judo athletes: a Korean prospective cohort study",
journal="Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness",
year="2020",
author="Kim, Chan W. and Park, Ki J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Few epidemiological studies have investigated pain and time loss due to  sports injury. We analyzed the specific patterns of injury among Korean elite judo  athletes and examined the effects of pain on time loss. We also assessed the  association between the type of injury and time loss. <br><br>METHODS: We prospectively  collected data on elite judo athletes at the Korean Training Center for the year  2019. The athletes were assessed by sports medicine doctors, and data were  stratified according to sex, weight class, and injury location. We used χ2 tests to  compare groups. Injury rates were expressed as Poisson rates with 95% confidence  intervals. One-way analysis of variance was used to investigate the pain scores and  time losses due to sports injury. <br><br>RESULTS: The study included 232 athletes whose 606  injuries (annual average, 2.61 injuries/athlete) were recorded. Female athletes had  higher injury rates than male athletes. Overall, most injuries occurred in the lower  extremities (38.12%), followed by the upper extremities (36.80%), trunk (17.66%),  and head and neck area (7.43%). Injury severity significantly differed according to  the body regions in the weight classes. The pain score and time loss differed  significantly according to the type of injury. When the pain score increased by 1,  the time loss increased by approximately 1.47 days. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Among all weight  classes, female athletes had a higher injury rate than male athletes. The pain score  and time loss varied depending on the type of injury, with pain score being  associated with time loss.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4707",
doi="10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11760-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11760-2"
}