Kirill Alekseyev
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, USA
Title: To identify the most common fencing injuries in variety of competitors
Biography
Biography: Kirill Alekseyev
Abstract
A brief survey was conducted at several Athletic Clubs in the Tri-State area to fencing athletes in order to identify the most common fencing injuries in the different levels of competitors which included Olympic Athletes. The different levels will include beginner, intermediate and advanced. Injuries from three different types of weapons used in fencing: foil, epee, and sabre was also evaluated. The ages of the athletes varied from minors to adults and was evaluted to whether their type of injury is consistent witht heir age. From 115 survey participant’s male to female ratio was 79 males and 36 females with an average age of 30.7 years old. Participant’s average years of experience were 11.6 with an average of 8.2 hours of training per week. The weapons of choice were Epee 101 followed by Foil 17 and by Sabre 4. Most participants considered themselves experts with 61, followed by Intermediate 41 and by beginners 12. From the participants 97 have experienced pain as a result of injury vs. 18 who did not experience any pain or setbacks. Mild injuries suffered in decreasing order included: knee 21, wrist 15, ankle 14, elbow 13, foot 11, lower back 10, shoulder 10, neck 6, hip 2, hamstring 2, heel 1. From the mild injuries 12 participants had 2 or more injuries, 7 participants had 3 or more injuries and 10 participants had 4 or more injuries. Moderate injuries suffered in decreasing order included: knee 25, ankle 18, foot 11, wrist 10, elbow 10, lower back 10, shoulder 9, hands 5, hip 4, neck 4, hamstring 2. From the moderate injuries 13 participants had 2 or more injuries, 8 participants had 3 or more injuries, 3 participants had 4 or more injuries and 1 had 5 or more injuries. Severe injuries suffered in decreasing order included: knee 9, lower back 8, ankle 7, elbow 5, shoulder 5, foot 2, wrist 2, hip 2, hands 1, hamstring 1. From the severe injuries 5 participants had 2 or more injuries, 1 participant had 3 or more injuries and 3 participants had 4 or more injuries. From the participants 58-seeked treatment vs. 45 who did not. From the participants 51 had a reoccurrence of their injury.