Open AccessSports Injuries Surveillance During the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships
Author(s) -
Juan Manuel Alonso,
Astrid Junge,
Per Renström,
Lars Engebretsen,
Margo Mountjoy,
Jiří Dvořák
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of sport medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1536-3724
pISSN - 1050-642X
DOI - 10.1097/jsm.0b013e318191c8e7
Subject(s) - medicine , athletes , incidence (geometry) , physical therapy , psychological intervention , injury surveillance , injury prevention , medical emergency , poison control , nursing , physics , optics
The aim of this study was to analyze all sports injuries incurred in competitions and/or training during the 2007 World Athletics Championships and to prove the feasibility of the injury surveillance system developed for the 2008 Olympic Games for individual sports.