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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

台北市直排輪鞋運動傷害之調查

Abstract

In-line skating has grown to become a popular sport and recreational activity in the past few years. This study was designed to survey the sport injuries in in-line skaters and its relating factors. 240 subjects (136 males and 104 females) were sampled from two public parks in Taipei (Ta-An Park and Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall), which are the most representative of the in-line skaters’ population in Taipei city. Ages ranged from 3 to 50 (mean, 17) years old. 126 (52%) subjects had skated for more than one year, and 159 (66.5%) had injury while skating.Data collected revealed four most commonly injured body parts: knee (66.3%), elbow (45.0%), wrist (40.0%), and buttocks or hip (27.5%). Skin abrasion or contusion was the most common type of injury, followed by strain or sprain; fractures and brain or spinal cord injuries are least common. 42.8% of the injured skaters had not sheek any formal medical attention. Of those that had saught medical attention, 61(38.4%) received Western medication, 38(23.9%) attended Chinese Medicine Clinic, 16(10.1%) participated in rehabilitation, and only 6(3.8%) received orthopedic treatments (casting or surgery). 57.5% of the subjects had attended some kind of training lessons for in-line skating, but only 48.3% performed warm-up exercises prior to skating. “Feeling too hot” and “feeling clumsy” were the two most commonly reported reasons for not wearing protective gears while skating. The worst skating injury often occured when the skater was still a novice to the sport. Reasons for injury were as follows: not being careful (27.7%), inexperience (22.0%), accidents when attempting new maneuvers (22.0%), and collided with others (20.1%). Chi-Square Tests and CHAID were methods adopted in this study for statistical purposes. Results obtained in this manner suggest that the frequency of not wearing the protective devices (wrist guards, elbow pads, or knee pads) was related with the frequency of injuries. For those who do not use protective devices, there is a higher tendency to be injured if skating uphill and downhill or at faster speeds (p＜0.05).

Language

Traditional Chinese

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83

Last Page

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