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GENERAL INFORMATION
As the general population is interested increasingly for being in good physical form, there increases the number of persons who realize exercise as they become major. Most of the sports injuries owe to traumatism for surcharge, and can have important long-term aftermath for the life of the sportsman. The election of the sport has big consequences on the risk of the injuries that can appear.
MECHANISM OF THE INJURIES
The traumatic injuries are caused generally by a forces combination. The most frequent type of serious injuries there are the produced ones by the deceleration, which provoke important injuries you will articulate and bruised traumatism.
In the sports in which persons produce collisions to themselves between (rugby, soccer, etc) and the sports of high speed (alpine skiing), the injuries valuations musculosqueléticas important are much major, since in these impacts there get together the speed and the effect of mass.
The training adapted for a specific sport reduces the injuries risk. The sportsman has to learn to be able to fall down also and to be able to get up after a fall. Also, it is necessary to use a sure team.
DIAGNOSIS
To face a suitable diagnosis and to center the physical exploration, on having valued a sports traumatic injury his doctor will rise the following questions to him:
- In what concrete sport did it happen?
- Of what way did it happen?
- Where is the pain located? What is what worsens the pain?
- Do other associate symptoms exist?
- Was there distension and, in affirmative case, when did it appear?
- What age does the sportsman have?
- Do precedents of previous injuries exist?
As soon as these questions were answered, the doctor will realize an exploration centred on the systems musculosquelético, nervously and vascular.
More common sports injuries and his frequency
| Sport |
More frequent injuries |
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Periostitis tibial, break tibial for tension
You fracture for tension of the metatarsals |
| Football / rugby
| Tears of the previous crossed ligament and of the internal side ligament (knee)
Luxation / separation of the shoulder
Ankle sprain
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| Free struggle / judo / karate
| Luxation of the shoulder
Tears of the internal and external side ligament (Knee)
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| Gymnastics
| Espondilólisis/espondilolistesis
Ankle sprains
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| Alpine skiing
| Tears of the previous crossed ligament and of the internal side ligament (knee)
Luxation / separation of the shoulder
"Thumb of the skier"
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| Cross-country skiing
| Ankle sprains
Side Epicondilitis
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| Basketball
| Ankle sprains
Luxation / separation of the shoulder
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| Tenis/Paddle / Pediment
| Side and medial Epicondilitis
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| Baseball
| Side Epicondilitis
Tear of the muff of the rotadores
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