The epidemiological profile, prevalence of injuries and musculoskeletal functions involved in beach tennis players
Abstract
Introduction: Beach Tennis (BT) is a sport that has been growing in Brazil and accumulating practitioners. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of injuries of the shoulder complex and intervening musculoskeletal functions in Beach Tennis practitioners. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study with 31 BT practitioners, men and women, aged between 18 and 50 years. All were submitted to anthropometric evaluation, thoracolumbar and shoulder flexibility, sitting and reaching test (SRT), handgrip muscle strength through a dynamometer. Results: Most of the volunteers were eutrophic, single, ethylist, practiced BT three times a week, performed previous warm-up, practiced another sport and were right-handed. On average, they started the practice 19.84±19.20 months ago, for leisure and health. The sports cited as performed concomitantly with the practice of BT were bodybuilding and football. Of the participants, most reported pain in some articulation during the sport (n= 18.58%) suffered injuries (n=23, 74.1%) and a minority had more than one injury (n= 4.2.9%). Injuries commonly occurred in the shoulder, followed by the elbow and knee, more prevalent between 31 and 50 years of age. They reported, on average, slight pain daily and during sports practice. Most of the tests performed were normative when compared to the reference values, except for the SRT, classified as low flexibility, and shoulder extension, above the value. Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of injuries in BT practitioners, most often affecting the shoulder, elbow and knee. The intervening musculoskeletal functions, if affected, can trigger an increase in the frequency of injuries.
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