Affiliation:
1. School of Health and Sports Science University of North London 166-220 Holloway Road London N7 8DB
2. PhD Exercise Research Associates of Oregon (ExRA) Eugene Oregon USA
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to assess the exact conditions under which cerebral concussions occur in full-contact taekwondo competition. Injury data were collected by project staff and tournament medical personnel with simple check-off forms that describe the athlete and nature, site, circumstances and severity of the injury. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine the difference in injury rate between men and women. The men (7.04/1,000 athlete-exposures) sustained more cerebral concussions than the women (2.42/1,000 athlete-exposures) (p<0.001). The dominant injury mechanism in both the males and females was receiving a blow (6.46/1,000 athlete-exposures and 2.42/ 1,000 ath lete-exposures for the men and women, respectively).
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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