@article {W:2003:0860-021X:25,
title = "Injury rates in adult elite judoka",
journal = "Biology of Sport",
parent_itemid = "infobike://doaj/0860021x",
publishercode ="doaj",
year = "2003",
volume = "20",
number = "1",
publication date ="2003-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "25-32",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0860-021X",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/doaj/0860021x/2003/00000020/00000001/art00003",
author = "W Pieter and G James",
abstract = "The aim of the present study was to assess the injuries in British judo athletes (judoka) sustained during competition. Subjects were male (n=70) and female (n=46) elite judoka participating in a national judo tournament in the United Kingdom. Injury data were collected with simple check-off forms that describe the athlete, type, location and mechanism of injury. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine the difference in total injury rate between males and females. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine the differences in injury rates between body regions. The men recorded a higher injury rate (48.54/1000 athlete-exposures) than the women (34.25/1000 athlete-exposures) (P<0.001). The major injury type was the strain (4.85/1000 athlete-exposures) in the men. The body part most often injured in the women was the elbow (13.70/1000 athlete-exposures). The major injury mechanisms in the men were delivering a throw and impact with surface (14.56/1000 athlete-exposures each). The time-loss injury rate for the men was 4.85/1000 athlete-exposures and 13.70/1000 athlete-exposures for the women. The injury rates in this sample compare favorably to those reported by others for other martial arts.",
}