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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

鐵人三項競技參賽者之運動傷害調查

Abstract

Triathlon, an ultraendurance exercise, is a race involving consecutive swimming, bicycling and running which is currently enjoying a tremendous increase in popularity abroad. This study is aimed at assessing the overuse injuries in the training period and the sports injuries during the first triathlon race in Taiwan in 1992.The triathlon race composed of 1.5 Km swimming, 40 Km bike and 10 Km run which must be finished within 3 hours and 40 minutes. With 177 effective questionnaires (86.3% of the 205 race entrants), 94.3% (167 competitor) were men and 5.6% (10 competitor) were women. The average age was 32±9.1 years. 71 competitor (40.11%) had ever been or are athletes, with runner (36.6%) and swimmer (19.7%) predominent. 29 competitor (16.4%) had once participated in similar triathlon race. 109 competitor (61.6%) had trained for this race. The average duration of training was 59±42 days. 37.3% managed sports injuries by themselves, 12.9% received herbs medicine, only 28.8% visited hospital for help. The incidence of overuse injuries during the training period was 34.5% (61 competitor). The most frequently injuried area of the body was the knee (23.5%), and then the ankle (18.3%) There was an average of 1.3 injuries per competitor. The sports injuries during the triathlon race composed of 20 legs strain, 1 ankle sprain, 1 knee pain and 1 multiple abrasion wounds. With better understanding of the overuse and sports injuries, we will make great improvement in Taiwan's triathlon race in the further.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

59

Last Page

65

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