Profile of the injuries in skate practitioners

Abstract

Brazil is the second largest world power in the skate, the increase in popularity of this practice sports has brought high incidence in the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders. Objective: To verify the locations of the human body where the injuries occur in the skate, what types of injuries frequently and in moments of the practice which this occurs. Materials and methods: We have recruited 21 volunteers, all of the males, were included athletes aged between 15 and 35 years, with time to practice from less than 1 year to more than 10. These volunteers answered a questionnaire containing 23 questions. Results: The ankle sprain, represented 24% of all injuries, fractures of the ulna 18%, the dislocations of 14% wrist, injuries accounted for 11% in the knee, the fractures of phalanges with 7%, the dislocation of elbow represented 7 % and 7% of the humerus fractures, fractures of the fibula 4%, 4% fractures of ribs and fractures radio accounted for 4%. Discussion: The number and profile of injuries found in this study are present in other sports not considered radicals. Conclusion: 76% of the athletes interviewed reported having suffered some type of injury during practice sports. The injuries of the ankle were the most frequent (24%), followed by the ulna fracture (18%). Even the skate is considered a radical sport, the number of lesions found not differ much of the lesions found in other sports.