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01-12-2020 | Hand Injury | Research article

Hand injuries in sports – a retrospective analysis of 364 cases

Authors: Viola A. Stögner, Alexander Kaltenborn, Hans Laser, Peter M. Vogt

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Hand injuries are common in sports and associated with high dropout rates and costs.
Hence, efforts should strive for further risk prevention measures in order to increase safety in sports. This implies knowledge of sports injury risk profiles. So far, major surveillance programs exist mainly in Anglo-American countries, reflecting the specific concerns of sports in this part of the world. Data on sports injuries within Europe are scarce. As sports behaviour appears to vary demographically, we hypothesised that risk injury profiles differ as well.

Methods

To assess whether the described sports injuries of the hand are applicable to the German population, we performed a five-year retrospective, single-centre analysis of sports-related hand injuries, using data from the Enterprise Clinical Research Data Warehouse of the Hannover Medical School.

Results

Notable differences in comparison to other data were observed. Ball sports, cycling and equestrian sports caused most of the recorded hand injuries, which were predominantly fractures of the wrist and hand. Hand injuries in equestrian sports were associated with significantly higher operation and hospitalisation rates as well as a significantly longer inpatient treatment.

Conclusion

Risk profiles for sports-related hand injuries appear to differ not only in terms of age- and sex, but also geographically. Nation- and Europe-wide hand trauma registries as well as a broad registry participation are necessary in order to accurately assess the risk patterns in Europe; henceforth reducing hand injuries and their sequelae.
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Metadata
Title
Hand injuries in sports – a retrospective analysis of 364 cases
Authors
Viola A. Stögner
Alexander Kaltenborn
Hans Laser
Peter M. Vogt
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Hand Injury
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03807-z

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