Injuries in orienteering.

Injuries in orienteering.

In a one-year prospective study of 42 elite orienteers, 73 recent injuries (1.7 per runner per year) were found. Acute injuries totalled 52% and 48% were due to overuse. Ankle sprains made up 37% of acute injuries while the remaining were mainly contusions caused by falls or bumps against branches or rocks. Medial shin pain, Achilles peritendinitis, peroneal tenosynovitis and iliotibial band fr...

Musculoskeletal Injuries and Training Patterns in Junior Elite Orienteering Athletes

Findings about the relation between musculoskeletal injuries and training patterns in orienteering athletes are sparse. Therefore, the musculoskeletal injuries and training patterns of 31 Swiss elite orienteering athletes aged 18-19 years were analyzed in a retrospective study. Individual training diaries and medical records were used to assess training data and injury history, respectively. Gr...

Orienteering competition injuries: injuries incurred in the Finnish Jukola and Venla relay competitions.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to find out the amount, type, and localisation of acute orienteering injuries in the 1995 Finnish Jukola (men's) and Venla (women's) relay competitions with 9724 participants. METHODS Patient data were collected on a preplanned form at the first aid station. RESULTS There were 244 acute competition injuries. The overall injury incidence was 2.5% (95% con...

Program Orienteering

comparsion of lower exteremity disorderies between wrestling atheletes of menisci, acl injuries and not injuries speacment in kermanshah

پیش گیری از آسیب های ورزشی مهمترین موضوع در برخورد با آسیب های ورزشی است. برای پیش گیری از آسیب های ورزشی شناسایی عوامل و ریسک فاکتورهای مستعد کننده آسیب از اهمیت ویژه ای برخوردار است. هدف از انجام این تحقیق شناسایی ریسک فاکتورهای آسیب در بین کشتی گیران نخبه استان کرمانشاه می باشد. بدین منظور60 نفر کشتی گیر در سه گروه شامل: آسیب دیده منیسک، رباط صلیبی قدامی و افراد غیر آسیب دیده در گروههای20 نف...