The epidemiology of squash injuries
The epidemiology of squash injuries
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壁球损伤的流行病学
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2001
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R. Eime
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C. Finch;R. Eime
壁球是一项受欢迎的高强度竞技运动。本文对1980年至2000年间发表的有关壁球损伤流行病学的文献进行了综述。在所有的壁球损伤中，球员最常遭受肌肉骨骼软组织损伤。然而，大多数文献涉及严重的损伤，即眼睛和头部区域的损伤。关于壁球损伤的文献主要是回顾性的壁球损伤研究，通过回顾医院、伤亡或急诊科的病人记录和对非代表性小样本球员的调查进行。因此，更常见和不太严重的伤害往往被低估了。对现有研究的方法比较和局限性进行了总结。很明显，前瞻性壁球研究需要在具有代表性的、定义明确的壁球人群中识别和报告所有壁球损伤，并提供明确的损伤定义和适当的统计分析。
Squash is a popular, high-intensity, competitive sport. This article presents a critical review of the literature relating to the epidemiology of squash injuries published from 1980 to 2000, inclusive. Of all injuries in squash, players most often sustain musculoskeletal soft-tissue injuries. Most of the literature, however, relates to the severe injuries, that is, those to the eye and head region. The squash-injury literature is mainly retrospective squash-injury studies conducted by reviewing hospital, casualty, or emergency-department patient records and surveys of nonrepresentative, small samples of players. As a result, the more common and less severe injuries tend to be underreported. A summary of the methodological comparisons and limitations of the existing studies is presented. The need for prospective squash studies identifying and reporting all squash injuries in a representative, well-defined squash population, with clear injury definitions and appropriate statistical analysis, is evident.