Open AccessInjuries in underwater rugby: a retrospective cross-sectional epidemiological study
Author(s) -
Heinz-Lothar Meyer,
Felicitas Minnemann,
Christina Polan,
Manuel Burggraf,
Marcel Dudda,
Max Daniel Kauther
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diving and hyperbaric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.389
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2209-1491
pISSN - 1833-3516
DOI - 10.28920/dhm51.3.282-287
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , athletes , injury prevention , physical therapy , poison control , occupational safety and health , cross sectional study , emergency medicine , pathology
Underwater rugby (UWR) is a team sport which combines swimming sprints, apnoea diving, a good overview of the three-dimensional underwater space and wrestling for the ball.This was the first epidemiological study of UWR injuries in a large international collective.