Abstract
OBJETIVO: Este estudo objetivou analisar a incidência, o tipo, a etiologia e a localização anatômica das lesões musculoesqueléticas na Seleção Brasileira de Canoagem Velocidade Feminina na Temporada de 2006. METODOLOGIA: Participaram do estudo as oito atletas da seleção, com média de idade de 19,50 anos (± 3,78); massa corporal média de 58,67 kg (± 5,44) e estatura média de 162,00 cm (± 4,00). RESULTADOS: Após a análise dos dados, obteve-se o índice de 5,06 lesões por atleta a cada 1000 horas de atividade esportiva. Observou-se também que 87,50% das atletas foram acometidas por lesões, com um total de 82,05% de casos reincidentes. As lesões mais freqüentes foram: contratura muscular (48,72%) e tendinite (23,08%). O tronco (56,41%), principalmente na região torácica e tóraco-lombar, e os MMSS (41,03%), principalmente no ombro, foram as regiões mais acometidas. CONCLUSÃO: Por conseqüência do gesto esportivo, a etiologia das lesões foi de origem atraumática devido principalmente a sobrecarga das estruturas anatômicas. Acreditamos que com a caracterização das lesões nesta modalidade esportiva, a fisioterapia desportiva poderá realizar um trabalho preventivo focado nas lesões específicas encontradas, com o objetivo que diminuir sua incidência e reincidência.
Highlights
Speed canoeing is a sport modality practiced in rivers or quiet waters, using kayak-like boats, where the oarsman is called canoeman
Sports physiotherapy faces the challenge of providing an accurate diagnosis of sport injuries, with an early and effective rehabilitation, re-establishing an athlete’s function as soon as possible.[6]. In addition, it plays an important role in reducing its incidence and minimizing its severity, improving athletes’ performance.[7,8,9] the identification, classification and characterization of the profile of these athletes at risk is required in order to provide the necessary preventive measures in reducing the occurrence rate of such injuries.[10, 11] In Brazil, canoeing is growing, achieving good results on a global basis, it has been relatively recently structured.[12] even with fast development, few studies have been conducted on this area
After data acquisition and analysis, we noticed that a total of 87.5% of the athletes were affected by musculoskeletal injuries during the study period
Summary
Speed canoeing is a sport modality practiced in rivers or quiet waters, using kayak-like boats, where the oarsman is called canoeman. The boats are divided into K1, K2 and K4, and support, respectively, one, two or four crew members.[1,2] On kayaks, rowing is performed using the upper limbs (UULL), to move a double-bladed paddle, with which the athlete rows on both sides of the kayak, in a symmetric pathway It is regarded as a quite repetitive movement, and is performed for a long period of time, and an inappropriate rowing mechanics and the repeated overload imposed to some regions of the body may predispose athletes to injuries.[3,4,5] Sports injuries usually cause changes to athletes’ performance, potentially leading to withdraws from training sessions and competitions. The present study intended to assess the incidence, kind, etiology and anatomical site of musculoskeletal injuries among athletes of the Brazilian Women’s National Speed Canoeing Team during 2006’s season
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