High incidence of injuries at the Pyeongchang 2018 paralympic winter games: A prospective cohort study of 6804 athlete days
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Date
2020
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
Given the increase in health surveillance research
in the sporting arena, the International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) seeks to preserve the health of the
para athlete in several ways including high-quality
epidemiological research on injury and illness in the
Paralympic Games.1–5 Web-based studies began at
the London 2012 Summer Paralympic Games1
and
have continued at the Rio 20165
Summer Games
and at Paralympic Winter Games at the Sochi 20144
and Pyeongchang 2018 Games
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Keywords
Athletes, Disability, Impairment, Injury, International sporting events
Citation
Derman, W. E. et al. (2020). High incidence of injuries at the Pyeongchang 2018 paralympic winter games: A prospective cohort study of 6804 athlete days. British Journal of Sports Medicine ,54(1), 38-43