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Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach
BACKGROUND: Para swimming has experienced increased participation in recent years. Injury and injury prevention research on Para swimmers is lacking compared to swimmers without impairment. PURPOSE: This study aimed to gather data in Para swimmers on typical injuries, injury prevention programs, and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8805095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35136699 http://dx.doi.org/10.26603/001c.31173 |
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author | Salerno, Jay Tow, Stephanie Regan, Elizabeth Bendziewicz, Stephen McMillan, Matthew Harrington, Shana |
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description | BACKGROUND: Para swimming has experienced increased participation in recent years. Injury and injury prevention research on Para swimmers is lacking compared to swimmers without impairment. PURPOSE: This study aimed to gather data in Para swimmers on typical injuries, injury prevention programs, and attitudes toward injury and injury prevention in this population. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional, mixed-methods design evaluating injuries, injury management, and injury prevention in elite Para swimmers in United States (U.S.). METHODS: Para swimmers on the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National teams at multiple competition levels were invited to complete an online survey. Qualitative interviews with six U.S. Paralympics National team Para swimmers were conducted to provide detail on athlete experiences with injury and prevention. RESULTS: Twenty-one of 56 surveys were returned: 11 of 21 participants (52.4%) reported experiencing an injury that altered their weekly training. All (21/21) reported participating in strength training and 19 of 21 (90.5%) reported incorporating stretching into their training regimen, although strengthening/stretching regimens included routines that may not have been specifically targeted toward injury prevention. Six of 21 (28.6%) reported participation in an injury prevention program. Qualitative interview themes included the impact of swimmers’ compensated body mechanics on injury risk, the value of individualized injury prevention programs, and the importance of knowledgeable coaching and rehabilitation staff. CONCLUSIONS: Injury prevention programs are important components in Para swimming training although they are underutilized based on responses in this study. These programs should be individualized to address swimming biomechanics and athlete-specific impairments. Increasing coaching knowledge and access to individualized programs may reduce injury prevalence among this at-risk population. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3 |
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spelling | pubmed-88050952022-02-07 Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach Salerno, Jay Tow, Stephanie Regan, Elizabeth Bendziewicz, Stephen McMillan, Matthew Harrington, Shana Int J Sports Phys Ther Original Research BACKGROUND: Para swimming has experienced increased participation in recent years. Injury and injury prevention research on Para swimmers is lacking compared to swimmers without impairment. PURPOSE: This study aimed to gather data in Para swimmers on typical injuries, injury prevention programs, and attitudes toward injury and injury prevention in this population. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional, mixed-methods design evaluating injuries, injury management, and injury prevention in elite Para swimmers in United States (U.S.). METHODS: Para swimmers on the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National teams at multiple competition levels were invited to complete an online survey. Qualitative interviews with six U.S. Paralympics National team Para swimmers were conducted to provide detail on athlete experiences with injury and prevention. RESULTS: Twenty-one of 56 surveys were returned: 11 of 21 participants (52.4%) reported experiencing an injury that altered their weekly training. All (21/21) reported participating in strength training and 19 of 21 (90.5%) reported incorporating stretching into their training regimen, although strengthening/stretching regimens included routines that may not have been specifically targeted toward injury prevention. Six of 21 (28.6%) reported participation in an injury prevention program. Qualitative interview themes included the impact of swimmers’ compensated body mechanics on injury risk, the value of individualized injury prevention programs, and the importance of knowledgeable coaching and rehabilitation staff. CONCLUSIONS: Injury prevention programs are important components in Para swimming training although they are underutilized based on responses in this study. These programs should be individualized to address swimming biomechanics and athlete-specific impairments. Increasing coaching knowledge and access to individualized programs may reduce injury prevalence among this at-risk population. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3 NASMI 2022-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8805095/ /pubmed/35136699 http://dx.doi.org/10.26603/001c.31173 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Salerno, Jay Tow, Stephanie Regan, Elizabeth Bendziewicz, Stephen McMillan, Matthew Harrington, Shana Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
title | Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
title_full | Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
title_fullStr | Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
title_short | Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach |
title_sort | injury and injury prevention in united states para swimming: a mixed-methods approach |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8805095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35136699 http://dx.doi.org/10.26603/001c.31173 |
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