Year-round injury and illness surveillance in UK summer paralympic sport athletes: 2016-2019

Conclusions To optimise health and performance in Paralympic sport athletes, system-wide mitigation initiatives should target priority injury problems occurring in the lumbar/pelvis, shoulder, thoracic spine/ribs and wrist. Illness types causing the greatest burden vary with impairment group, and illness mitigation initiatives should consider athlete impairment types in their design, while continuing to note the high incidence of respiratory and gastrointestinal illness across all impairments. Further research should examine associated risk factors and the influence of impairment categorisation.
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Tags: BJSM Original research Source Type: research