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Etiology of musculoskeletal injuries in amateur breakdancers
T Joka1, N D Clarke, D D Cohen
1Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, London metropolitan University, London, UK - adelextrat@brookes.ac.uk.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries in breakdancers and investigate the association with training habits.
Methods:
Forty-six males and sixteen females completed a questionnaire regarding their training and competition habits (frequency, warm-up and stretching, strength training, protective equipment, move types and supervision) and the musculoskeletal injuries sustained as a result of breakdancing in the previous 12 months. The effects of training habits and sex on injury rates were analyzed by a Mann-Whitney Test and a Kruskal-Wallis Test, while a stepwise linear regression analysis assessed the link between injury rates and quantitative risk factors.
Results:
The injury rate was 4.02 injuries per 1000 h, with no significant difference between males and females (P>0.05). The main injuries affected were the knee (23.4%) and wrist (15.3%), and females were characterized by a significantly greater number of finger injuries and a lower number of shoulder injuries that males (P<0.05). In addition, of all the factors evaluated, only the amount of time spent performing breakdance training showed a significant association with injury rate (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
These results suggest that interventions should focus on protecting specific body parts and improving training quality and recovery.
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