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KMID : 1211620100050030341
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
2010 Volume.5 No. 3 p.341 ~ p.350
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The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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An Seung-Heon
Lee Je-Hoon
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Abstract
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Purpose: To provide information and data about the physical therapy service for planning future Olympic and other mass gatherings.
Methods: To document the injuries sustained during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in a sample of patients visiting the physical therapy department of the Korean Olympic Committee. Athletes visited the physical therapy department in 2008 Beijing Olympic Korean delegation from 1 August through 22 August.
Results: The sex ratio of athletes who visited physical therapy room was male 27.5%, female 72.5% and that number of case sports were higher Handball (26.2%), hockey (15.8%), archery (10.4%). The most prevalent injury of body parts was shoulder (15.1%), followed by the lumbar(14.2%), and the cervical spine (10.5%). Treatment modality had manual therapy(891), electrical therapy (584), ultrasound (461) and the number of taping were handball (47.8%), hocky (23.8%), judo (8.2%). Ankle (31.4%) was the most body parts of taping.
Conclusion: Physical therapy in sport as a professional sports event to get their players to injury prevention and treatment. These results can be of help to optimize the strategies to prevent injuries and to treatment the injured athletes.
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KEYWORD
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Manual therapy, Olympic games, Physical therapy, Sports injury, Taping
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