|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
| |
Latest Research
Research Details
 |
| Research Title: |
Injuries in Water Polo |
| Type of Research: |
|
| Category: |
Conditioning
|
| Keywords: |
Water polo, Swimming, acute, overuse, head, spine, upper extremities, lower extremities.
|
| Author(s): |
Miljenko Franic, Alan Ivkovic and Ratko rudic |
| Author(s) Bio Box: |
|
| Release Date: |
01 August 2007 |
| Research Summary/Text: |
The modern game of water polo is a unique combination of swimming, throwing and martial arts. It is extremely demanding on an athlete’s body because it requires intense bursts of activity of less than 15 seconds duration, followed by lower intensity intervals of less than 20 seconds. Injury in water polo comprise acute traumatic events and overuse injury due to vigorous training and play with numerous repetitions of ball throws, swims, or kicks.
|
| Research Objectives: |
This review describes the most important acute and overuse injuries by analysing four different regions of the body: head, spine, upper extremities and lower extremities.
|
| Research Outcomes: |
Head injuries described are acute facial injuries, the inflammation of the external auditory canal (otitis externa or swimmer’s ear), trauma to the ear drum and three main types of eye injury: corneal abrasions, hyphema and blow-out fracture of the orbita.
Spinal injuries include acute wry neck, acute acceleration/deceleration injury to the cervical spine and low back pain – the cause of which may be difficult to determine.
Injuries to the upper extremities described are shoulder trauma, rotator cuff injury, SLAP (superior labrum from anterior to posterior) lesions and the most common musculoskeletal complaint in water polo players, shoulder pain (swimmer’s shoulder). Also included are elbow pain (thrower’s elbow), acute injuries to hand and fingers and tendinitis of the wrist.
In the lower extremities injury includes acute and chronic groin pain and medial knee pain due to degenerative changes.
|
| Research Implications: |
Water polo is becoming more physical than ever. Both acute and overuse injuries are common. All require appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation as those sustained in other sports. Suspected spinal injury is of note as spinal immobilization is much more difficult when performed in the water and requires team coordination. Aquatic spine boards and neck collars should always be available poolside.
|
| | |
| Availability of Full Research Paper: |
| |
Contact for more
Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
