Thesis (doctoral)--Lund University, 1994. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted.

Orientador: Edison Duarte / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T19:53:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MagnoeSilva_MariliaPassos_D.pdf: 9627896 bytes, checksum: e7a7d49539db45bf39dc5af54ed1f841 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A temática das lesões esportivas no esporte paralímpico vem sendo pesquisada desde 1980, sendo o maior desenvolvimento de pesquisa realizado nos últimos doze anos. Porém, diversos pontos de discussão são verificados nesses estudos, entre eles, a ausência de um protocolo padrão para a coleta de dados de lesões no esporte paralímpico que abranja aspectos intrínsecos e extrínsecos relacionados às mesmas. O objetivo do presente estudo foi desenvolver um protocolo de dados de lesão esportiva no esporte paralímpico, multimodalidade, multideficiência, multifatorial e acessível. A pesquisa teve início com uma revisão de literatura a respeito das modalidades esportivas paralímpicas, definição e características das lesões esportivas, modelos de interação de fatores internos e externos relacionados á lesão esportiva, medidas epidemiológicas e tipos de estudos epidemiológicos. Em seguida, com o entendimento sobre a utilização de questionários eletrônicos e elaboração de uma base de dados, foi desenvolvido o sistema de Protocolo de Lesão Esportiva no Esporte Paralímpico (PLEEP), que tem como principais características ser um sistema de coleta de dados no esporte paralímpico, multideficiência, multiesporte, de fácil utilização, baixo custo e acessível. O PLEEP é composto de seis blocos principais de dados: termo de consentimento, dados da deficiência, dados da modalidade, diário de treinamento, diário de competição e lesão esportiva. O sistema PLEEP é capaz de obter dados das características das lesões esportivas e seus fatores internos e externos, determinando aspectos gerais e específicos de cada modalidade e deficiência. Os resultados obtidos com a utilização do PLEEP não beneficiarão apenas cientistas envolvidos com pesquisas, mas também as diversas áreas que abrangem o esporte paralímpico, como: treinamento, administração e logística de eventos esportivos, indústria esportiva, entre outras inúmeras áreas envolvidas no esporte / Abstract: The topic of sports injuries in Paralympic sport has been researched since 1980, being most of the researches developed in the last twelve years. However, several discussion points are checked in these studies; among them, there is the lack of a standard protocol for collecting sport injury data on Paralympic sport covering the characteristics as well as intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The aim of this study was to develop a multisport, multidisability, multifactorial, and affordable protocol for sport injury data collection in Paralympic sports. The research began with a literature review about the Paralympic sports, definition and characteristics of sports injuries, interaction models of internal and external factors related to sports injury, epidemiological measures, and types of epidemiological studies. Then, with the understanding on the use of electronic questionnaires and construction of database, the Sports Injuries Protocol for Paralympic Sports (PLEEP) was developed. This system is composed of six main blocks of data: consent form, disability data, sport data, training log, competition log, and sports injury/illness. The SIPPS is able to obtain data on the characteristics of sports injuries and their internal and external factors, determining general and specific aspects of each modality and disability. The results obtained from the use of SIPPS not only benefit scientists involved in research, but also the various areas covering the Paralympic sport, such as: training, administration and logistics of sporting events, sports industry, and other areas involved / Doutorado / Atividade Fisica Adaptada / Doutora em Educação Física

Bodybuilding is a weight training sport similar to powerlifting, strongman, and Olympic weightlifting. Instead of performing a feat of strength in competition, the athletes are based on physical appearance. Information about injuries within the other sports are available. However, there are a low number of studies on competitive bodybuilding. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and localization of injuries and pain in Swedish bodybuilding athletes. Additional aims were to investigate sex differences and the significance of explanatory variables. Data from 83 male and 105 female active bodybuilding athletes were collected using a web-based questionnaire. Athletes active within all of the available bodybuilding categories were included. The subjects were recruited through flyers in local gyms in Sweden and ads on social media. Fifty-eight percent (109/188) of the athletes reported current pain during training and 74.5 % (140/188) have been injured at least once during their competitive career. The rate of injury was calculated as 0.27 injuries per athlete per year. There were 0.42 injuries per 1000h of exercise. Injuries in competitive bodybuilding are less common compared to other weight training sports. In agreement with earlier studies, the most prevalent anatomical localizations of injury were the shoulders, lower back/buttocks, and knees. There were no notable differences in sex regarding injury localizations. Age, training frequency, calorie intake and medical care were associated with having an injury

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Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2009. / Härtill 5 uppsatser. Även tryckt utgåva.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2005. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, 2009. / Objective: Literature has focused its efforts on professional cricket players and player related risk factors to injury with little information being available with regards to coaching / management and environmental risk factors to injury. Therefore, this study aimed to profile the injuries and risk factors in Premier League club cricketers in the greater Durban area. Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional based study, using a self-administered questionnaire, developed specifically for this research utilizing a focus group and pilot study. The questionnaire consisted of a demographics section, as well as an injury history and risk factor section. Letters of informed consent and questionnaire were distributed to 144 players / coaches for completion. Data was analysed using Pearson‟s correlation and t-tests. Results: A response rate of 70% (n=109) was achieved. Selected parameters from demographics, injury history and risk factors were found to be significantly related to current and / or previous injury. Conclusion: It is advised that coaches heed significant injury parameters in order to improve player health, decrease injury risk and decrease time out of play. Key words: Athletic injuries; questionnaires; cross-sectional study‟s; risk factors; sports; sports medicine; risk assessment; cricket.

This study was designed to determine if differences exist between the personalities of injured and non-injured athletes, injured and non-injured athletes in individual sports, and injured and non-injured athletes in team sports. Subjects were forty-three female athletes selected from six intercollegiate teams. The test instrument was the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by the two-way analysis of variance. Alpha was .05. Conclusions of the investigation were that the personality of injured athletes does not differ from the personality of non-injured athletes, that non-injured athletes in individual sports are more self-assured than non-injured athletes in team sports, and that the personality of athletes in team sports does not differ from the personality of athletes in individual sports.

Introdução: A esgrima é um esporte de agilidade, com maior incidência de lesões em membros inferiores, sendo a entorse de tornozelo a mais prevalente. A prevenção de lesões é muito importante para melhorar o desempenho e diminuir o tempo de afastamento dos atletas. Programas de treinamento proprioceptivo podem ser acrescentados aos treinamentos dos atletas, visto que além da fácil aplicação e do baixo custo, a propriocepção tem a função de estabilizar a articulação do tornozelo, prevenindo lesões. Objetivo: Verificar a influência de um programa de treinamento proprioceptivo de 12 semanas sobre o controle neurofuncional e a incidência de lesões em atletas de esgrima. Materiais e Métodos: O estudo foi um ensaio clínico randomizado, com atletas de esgrima, de 14 a 35 anos, de um clube poliesportivo de Porto Alegre/RS, e desenvolvido em seis etapas: familiarização, pré intervenção, intervenção, pós intervenção, follow up de três e seis meses. Na primeira etapa foi feita a familiarização com o teste de força e o registro das lesões ocorridas no ano anterior. Na etapa pré intervenção foi avaliada a instabilidade funcional por meio do Cumberland Ankle Instability Tools (CAIT); força muscular de inversores, eversores, dorsiflexores e plantiflexores do tornozelo através do dinamômetro isocinético; o tempo de reação dos mesmos músculos durante o Lunge Test; o controle neuromuscular durante a Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) e o desempenho no Drop Vertical Jump Test (DVJT). Na intervenção os atletas realizaram o treinamento proprioceptivo durante 12 semanas, três vezes por semana, com duração de 30 minutos. No pós intervenção, no follow up de três e seis meses foram realizados os mesmos testes do pré intervenção e o registro da incidência das lesões ocorridas nesses intervalos de tempo. Para análise estatística, os dados foram apresentados em média e erro padrão, submetidos ao teste de Equações de Estimativas Generalizadas com post hoc de Bonferroni. O nível de significância foi de 0,05. Resultados: Em relação à instabilidade funcional de tornozelo, o CAIT demonstrou que os atletas tinham instabilidade no momento pré intervenção e a mesma permaneceu ao longo dos quatro momentos de avaliação nos dois grupos. A força muscular de inversores e plantiflexores diminuiu significativamente, a de eversores não diferiu e a de dorsiflexores aumentou significativamente na perna da frente do grupo intervenção (GI). No grupo controle (GC) houve diminuição significativa da força de todos os músculos avaliados na perna da frente e de trás. Na perna de trás do GI apenas a força de inversores teve alterações, com diminuição significativa. A razão convencional de eversores/inversores e dorsiflexores/plantiflexores aumentou significativamente na perna da frente do GI e não diferiu na perna de trás desse grupo, enquanto que no GC houve diminuição significativa da razão de dorsiflexores/plantiflexores na perna da frente. A razão funcional de eversores/inversores aumentou significativamente na perna da frente dos dois grupos. A razão funcional de eversores/inversores da perna de trás, assim como de dorsiflexores/plantiflexores das duas pernas, não diferiu nos dois grupos. O tempo de reação do tibial anterior não diferiu em nenhum dos grupos e em nenhuma das pernas, o do tibial posterior aumentou na perna da frente do GI e do fibular longo e do gastrocnêmio lateral diminuiu significativamente nos dois grupos. A distância alcançada na SEBT aumentou significativamente em todas as oito direções avaliadas nas duas pernas do GI e em algumas direções do GC. O desempenho nos saltos diminui significativamente no DVJT de 40cm e 50cm no GI e no DVJT de 30cm e 50cm no GC. A incidência de lesões diminuiu no GI do momento pré para o pós e aumentou no GC nesse mesmo período. Conclusão: O programa de treinamento proprioceptivo foi capaz de melhorar a força muscular dos dorsiflexores e o controle neuromuscular dinâmico, além de diminuir a incidência de lesões em atletas da esgrima, sem interferências nas demais variáveis. / Introduction: Fencing is a sport of agility, with a higher incidence of lower limb injuries, with ankle sprain being the most prevalent. Injury prevention is very important to improve performance and decrease the withdrawal time of athletes. Proprioceptive training programs can be added to the training of athletes, since in addition to easy application and low cost, proprioception has the function of stabilizing the ankle joint, preventing injuries. Objective: To verify the influence of a 12-week proprioceptive training program on neurofunctional control and the incidence of injuries in fencing athletes. Material and Methods: The study was a randomized clinical trial of 14 to 35 year old fencing athletes from a multi-sport club in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and developed in six stages: familiarization, pre intervention, intervention, post intervention, follow up three and six months. In the first stage the familiarization with the force test and the registry of the injuries occurred in the previous year was made. In the pre intervention stage, functional instability was evaluated through the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tools (CAIT), the muscular strength of the ankle inverters, eversors, dorsiflexors and plantiflexors through the isokinetic dynamometer was evaluated; the reaction time of the same muscles during the Lunge Test; the neuromuscular control during the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) and the performance in the Drop Vertical Jump Test (DVJT). In the intervention, the athletes performed the proprioceptive training for 12 weeks, three times a week, lasting 30 minutes. In the post-intervention, at the follow up of three and six months, the same pre-intervention tests were performed and the incidence of lesions occurred at these time intervals. For statistical analysis, the data were presented in mean and standard error, submitted to the Generalized Estimates Equations test with Bonferroni post hoc. The level of significance was 0,05. Results: Regarding functional ankle instability, the CAIT demonstrated that the athletes had instability at the pre-intervention time and it remained throughout the four evaluation moments in both groups. The muscle strength of inverters and plantiflexors decreased significantly, that of eversors did not differ and that of dorsiflexors increased significantly in the front leg of the intervention group (IG). In the control group (CG) there was a significant decrease in the strength of all the muscles evaluated in the front and back legs. In the back leg of the IG only the inverter force had changes, with significant decrease. The conventional ratio of eversor/inverters and dorsiflexors/plantiflexors increased significantly in the front leg of the IG and did not differ in the hind leg of this group, whereas in CG there was a significant decrease in the ratio of dorsiflexors/plantiflexors in the front leg. The functional ratio of eversor/inverters increased significantly in the front leg of the two groups. The functional ratio of rear leg eversor/inverters, as well as dorsiflexors/plantiflexors of the two legs, did not differ in the two groups. The reaction time of the anterior tibial did not differ in any of the groups, nor in any of the legs, that of the posterior tibial increased in the front leg of the intervention group and the long fibular and lateral gastrocnemius decreased significantly in both groups The distance reached in the SEBT increased significantly in all eight directions evaluated in the two legs of the IG and in some directions of the control group. The performance in the jumps decreases significantly in the DVJT of 40cm and 50cm in the IG and in the DVJT of 30cm and 50cm in the CG. The incidence of lesions decreased in the IG from the pre-post to the post and increased in the CG in the same period. Conclusion: The proprioceptive training program was able to improve the muscular strength of the dorsiflexors and the dynamic neuromuscular control, besides reducing the incidence of injuries in fencing athletes, without interferences in the other variables.

Mok, Kam Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-44). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Chinese abstract --- p.iii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Table of contents --- p.V / List of figures --- p.vii / List of tables --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Review of literature --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Why prevent ankle ligamentous sprain? --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- A sequence of injury prevention --- p.4 / Chapter 2.3 --- Biomechanical approaches in defining injury mechanism --- p.5 / Chapter 2.4 --- Injury mechanism of ankle ligamentous sprain in sports --- p.6 / Chapter 2.5 --- Model-Based Image-Matching motion analysis --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Development of an ankle joint Model-Based Image-Matching motion analysis technique --- p.9 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.9 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and method --- p.10 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Cadaver test --- p.10 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Model-Based Image-Matching motion analysis --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Statistical analysis --- p.14 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Validity --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Intra-rater reliability --- p.16 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Inter-rater reliability --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.17 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Biomechanical motion analysis on ankle ligamentous sprain injury cases --- p.22 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.22 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and method --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Case screening --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Model-Based Image-Matching motion analysis --- p.24 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- High Jump Injury --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Field hockey Injury --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Tennis Injury --- p.29 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.30 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Summary and future development --- p.35 / References --- p.36 / List of publications --- p.42 / List of presentations at international and local conference --- p.43 / List of Awards --- p.44