Margo Mountjoy, Astrid Junge, Sarah Benjamen, Kevin Boyd, Mohamed Diop, David Gerrard, Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband, Saul Marks, Enrique Martinez-Ruiz, Jim Miller, Kyriakos Nanousis, Farhad Moradi Shahpar, Jose Veloso, William van Mechelen, Evert Verhagen
BACKGROUND: Injury and illness surveillance is the foundation for the development of prevention strategies. OBJECTIVE: To examine injuries among the aquatic disciplines in the 4 weeks prior to and during the 2013 FINA World Championships. METHODS: The study was comprised of two components: (1) a retrospective athlete survey recording injuries in the 4 weeks prior to the Championships and (2) a prospective recording of injuries and illnesses by the medical teams of the participating countries and the local host medical team...
January 2015: British Journal of Sports Medicine