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Jiu Jitsu is a unique martial art style which emphasizes takedowns, throws, joint locks and choke holds to immobilize, control or submit an attacker and the nature of this activity may predispose practitioners to acute and chronic injuries. Sports, especially combat sports, carry an inherent risk of injuries compared to purely exercise-based physic...
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... Unsurprisingly, experienced athletes were found to be more likely to have a history of prior injury. The use of mouth guards, knee pads, finger tape, and groin protectors during training and competition have a demonstrated track record of preventing injury within a multitude of combat sports [13][14][15]. Despite this, we found that more experienced athletes used protective equipment less frequently than those with less experience. ...
Background:
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art that focuses on ground combat, emphasizing skill over strength and submission over striking. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nature of injuries affecting practitioners of BJJ in the settings of competition, training, and conditioning.
Methods:
An online survey was created to collect demographic and injury-specific information. This survey was distributed to the 234 schools in the United States registered with the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF). The survey was also distributed to local BJJ schools and at local tournaments in the Greater New York City area. Data from a total of N=56 participants were recorded for this survey.
Results:
The majority of participants were male (n=44, 78.6%) and amateur competitors (n=29, 51.8%) with an average duration of BJJ training of 6.9 ± 5.9 years. The majority of participants (82.1%) train at least six hours per week and compete in an average of 4.6 ± 2.5 competitions per year. The most common injuries were to the finger/hand (78.6%) and knee (61.5%). The most commonly reported fracture was of the hand/fingers (n=6). Of the 156 total injuries reported, 133 (85.3%) occurred during practice or training rather than in competition and 76 (48.7%) required medical attention. Few injuries required surgical intervention.
Conclusions:
This study provides novel information regarding injury characteristics of BJJ practitioners with respect to the level of training and use of protective equipment that can guide expectations and management for this unique group of athletes. Amateur BJJ practitioners are the most commonly injured, and largely experience injuries of the upper extremities during training or conditioning rather than during competition.
... The most common were orthopaedic injuries -78% [7]. The injuries affect the limbs as well as the torso, and internal organs [9][10][11][12]. It has been found that athletes sustain more injuries during training than during competitions [13]. ...
... Most papers available from the literature on BJJ discuss professional athletes [5,6]. In the literature only two papers were available, which focused on the athletes who did BJJ both non-professionally and/ or recreationally [12,19]. The population of non-professional BJJ athletes is as big as the population of professional BJJ athletes. ...
... Most injuries happen during training [13] and they usually affect distal limb parts, i.e. hands, feet, ngers and toes [9]. Injuries which are reported to doctors or physical therapists usually affect lower extremities, while injuries to upper extremities, more commonly sustained during training, are probably not serious enough to require medical consultation [9,12]. Injuries to the back (14.6%) are the third most common type of injury, after injuries to the lower extremities (38.1%) and to the upper extremities (32.3%). ...
Background
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of back pain in non-professional Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) athletes, and to assess the relationship between their back pain and postural disorders.
Methods
The study involved 61 subjects: 31 subjects who trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu and 30 subjects who had never trained any martial arts. The mean BJJ training time in the study population was 3.89 ± 4.13 years. The athletes’ trained 4.06 ± 2.8 times a week and took 1.5 hours. Postural assessments were conducted with the use of the photogrammetric method. The assessment of back pain and injuries was conducted with the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and with our proprietary questionnaire.
Results
Among both populations, 37 subjects reported back pain − 22 athletes (71.0%) and 15 controls (50%) (p = 0,094). There were no differences in back pain location between the two groups (p > 0.05) or in functional state on the Oswestry Index (21.5% in the study population and 20% in the control group, p = 0.121). We observed significant differences between the groups in the values of four of the postural parameters. For each of these four parameters, parameter values were higher in the study population: DCK-spinal height from C1 to S1 (474.8 ± 25.4 vs 447.1 ± 25.9, p = 0.001); RKP-length of kyphosis between C7 and thoracolumbar junction (321.9 ± 15.2 vs 307.3 ± 22.2, p = 0.010); RLL-length of lordosis between S1 and thoracolumbar junction (152.9 ± 18.2 vs. 139.8 ± 17.6, p = 0.009) and KNM-pelvis inclination angle (2.24 ± 1.18 vs. 1.64 ± 1.34, p = 0.041). We found statistically significant differences in the study population between the athletes with and without back pain. These differences were found in the following parameters: RKP-length from C7 to peak of kyphosis (p = 0.01) and TT-difference between height of the waist triangles (p = 0.018).
Conclusions
There are no differences in back pain in regard to its frequency, intensity and location between non-professional BJJ athletes and subjects who do not train BJJ. Both in the study population and in the control group the spinal pain was minimal or moderate on the Oswestry Disability Index. BJJ athletes who reported back pain had characteristic postural changes in some of the analysed postural parameters in comparison to BJJ athletes who did not report back pain.
... Limited information is available on the common injuries of Filipino athletes in general (Duco, 2005;Reyes, 2005;Valleser & Narvasa, 2017) and in combat sports in particular (Maciejewski & Callanta, 2016;Maciejewski & Pietkiewicz, 2016;Valleser, 2016;Lariosa, Gozdowski, Pietkiewicz, & Maciejewski, 2017). In the Philippines, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) arguably features the best collegiate Taekwondo athletes in the country but no study as of yet has observed their common injuries. ...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the common injuries of collegiate Taekwondo Kyorugi athletes in the Philippines. A total of 70 collegiate Taekwondo Kyorugi athletes participated in the study. There were a total of 342 injuries reported with a 100% incidence of at least one injury among the athletes. The most frequently reported injury types are sprains (30%), inflammation (18%) and strains (9%) while injuries most commonly occurred in the ankles (18%), hands (12%), feet (12%) and knees (10%). The high risk for injury is consistent with related studies on injuries in combat sports in general. The trend in type of injury and anatomical regions at risk is also similar to other studies specifically on Taekwondo injuries. As is common in combat sports, Taekwondo carries an inherently high risk of injury but this risk can be managed with proper coaching and sufficient protective equipment.
... While identification of common injury occurrence has been said to be a significant initial step toward creating guidelines for preventive training programs (Van Mechelen et al., 1992), no data on injury profiling has been gathered within the Philippines, for the sport of basketball, more specifically on the female population. Currently, there are some epidemiological studies in the Philippines namely Gymnastics (Duco, 2005), recreational Badminton (Reyes, 2005), Judo (San Juan, 2014), recreational Jiu-Jitsu (Valleser, 2016), and collegiate tennis (Valleser & Narvasa, 2017). ...
This study aimed to identify the most common injuries in the sport of women’s basketball at the collegiate level in the Philippines. The investigation is the first-ever to be done for women’s basketball. The investigation revealed and noted the three most common injuries, namely: Ankle sprain, patellar tendinopathy, and cuts and neck strains.
Abstract:
Objective Like other martial arts sports, Jiu-Jitsu is associated with injuries due to its high intensity, competitiveness, and training methods. This study aims to investigate the prevalence, mechanism, type, time, and severity of injuries in Iranian male Jiu-Jitsu athletes.
Methods This is a descriptive and retrospective study. The study population consists of all elite male Jiu-Jitsu athletes in Iran in 2021, of whom 168 athletes over 18 years were selected. A researcher-made injury report form was used to survey the injuries experienced during competitions or training in the past year. The chi-square test was used to examine the differences in the multilevel variables, and the proportion test was used to examine the differences in the two-level nominal variables.
Results The results showed a significant difference among the athletes in terms of the type of injury, mechanism of injury, severity of injury, incidence rate in anatomical areas, incidence rate in four general areas of the body, time of injury during training and competitions, and Jiu-Jitsu style (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Fighting, and Kata). The most common mechanism of injury was the maximum pressure on the joint; the most common type of injury was dislocation/partial dislocation, and the least common type was brain injury; the injuries were mostly mild or moderate; most of the injuries occurred in the knee and shoulder joints; the prevalence of injuries was higher during training than during competitions, and those in Brazilian jiu-jitsu style report more injuries.
Conclusion Given the epidemiology of Injuries in Iranian male Jiu-Jitsu athletes, planning is needed to minimize injuries. Coaches and athletes should try to reduce the rate of injuries, by developing injury prevention programs.
Keywords: Sports Injury, Martial Arts, Jiu-Jitsu, Epidemiology
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