Prevalência de lesões em atletas da seleção brasileira de taekwondo

Abstract

Objetivo : Identificar a prevalencia de lesoes em atletas adultos da selecao brasileira masculina de taekwondo. Metodos : Onze atletas com idade media de 24±4,5 anos responderam dois questionarios semiestruturados e questoes objetivas para investigacao dos seguintes aspectos: idade; tempo de pratica; graduacao; regiao anatomica afetada em treinos e competicoes; mecanismos de lesao durante campeonato e treinamento; periodizacao; duracao e frequencia de treinos e competicoes no ultimo ano; e se houve interrupcao da pratica de taekwondo decorrente das lesoes. Resultados : A contusao foi o tipo mais frequente e os membros inferiores os mais acometidos; 27% relataram interrupcao do treinamento maior ou igual a 1 dia de treino e/ou competicao, em decorrencia das lesoes. A frequencia media de competicoes; frequencia semanal de treinamento e meses de treinamento por ano foram: 6±3 vezes/ano; 5±1 dias/semana e 10±3 meses/ano. Conclusao : A lesao mais prevalente dos atletas da selecao brasileira de taekwondo foi a contusao na coxa e no antebraco decorrente de golpe do adversario durante campeonatos. \n \nABSTRACT. Injurie’s prevalence in athletes of the Brazilian national team of taekwondo . Objective : Identify the prevalence of injuries in male adults’ athletes of the Brazilian team of taekwondo. Methods : Eleven athletes aged 24±4.5 years answered two semi-structured questionnaires and questions for investigation of the following aspects: age; time practicing; taekwondo’s graduation; anatomical region injured during training and/or competitions; injury mechanisms during competitions and training; periodization; duration and frequency of training and competitions in the last year; and if there was interruption of taekwondo practice due to injuries. Results : The contusion was the most frequent injury, and the lower limbs were most affected, 27% reported discontinuation of training and/or competition greater than or equal to 1 day due to injuries. The mean frequency of competitions; training days per week and training months per year were: 6±3 times/year; 5±1 days/week and 10±3 months/year. Conclusion : The most prevalent injury of athletes from the Brazilian team of taekwondo was the contusion in the thigh and forearm during competitions.