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A Study of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Greek Male and Female Swimmers
| Michalis Sambanis1*, Ioannis Athanailidis2, Athanasios Sambanis3, Olga Kiritsi4, Konstantinos Tsitas5,6 and Iconomou Charalambos7 | |
| 1Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| 2Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece | |
| 3Military Medicine School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| 4James Paget University Hospitals, Foundation Trust, Great Yarmouth, UK | |
| 5General Hospital Kozani, Greece | |
| 6S.E.G.A.S. Sports Medicine clinic of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| 7T.E.I. Serres, Greece | |
| Corresponding Author : | Michalis Sambanis Assistant Professor Department of Physical Education and Sports Science Agios Ioannis, Serres, Greece Tel: +302310991040 Fax: +302321064806 E-mail: sampanis@phed-sr.auth.gr |
| Received April 04, 2013; Accepted May 04, 2013; Published May 06, 2013 | |
| Citation: Sambanis M, Athanailidis I, Sambanis A, Kiritsi O, Tsitas K, et al. (2013) A Study of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Greek Male and Female Swimmers. J Nov Physiother 3:140. doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000140 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Sambanis M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
An epidemiological survey was conducted to collect data relating to the prevalence and frequency of musculoskeletal injuries in male and female Greek swimmers. A questionnaire was administered on site thus ensuring that the response rate was 100 percent. Analysis of results revealed that of the 149 respondents there were 76 male (51%) and 73 female subjects (49%). A total of 48 athletes (32.21%) indicated that they had musculoskeletal injuries, and mainly shoulderproblems (62.41%; N=50 males and N=43 females), followed in descending order by knee injuries and low back pain problems. The prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries ranked highest among freestyle swimmers (N=26) followed by breaststroke (N=11), butterfly (N=7) and finally backstroke (N=4) swimmers. Musculoskeletal injuries are common in Greek under aged elite swimmers and thus care must be taken for their prevention and early safe return to play.
