RT Journal Article
T1 Martial arts injuries: a longitudinal study about judo, karate and wushu carried out in community of madrid, spain.
A1 García-Isidoro, Sara
A1 Miguel Tobal, Francisco
A1 Martín Escudero, María Del Pilar
A1 Gutiérrez-Ortega, Carlos
A1 Castellanos-Sánchez, Victor Omar
AB BACKGROUNDː Martial arts are currently being practiced throughout the world by about 100 million people. Considering that sports injuries account for 20% of all emergencies treated in hospitals, this is an issue that should be further studied. Our objective was to determine the prevalence and type of injuries in Wushu, Judo, and Karate practitioners in Community of Madrid, Spain.METHODSː A descriptive epidemiology study was carried out. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 457 men and women practicing Karate, Judo and/or Wushu, including injuries from the past five years, type of injury and occurrence during training or competition.RESULTSː Injuries that disrupted training occurred in 56% of Judokas, in 36.7% of Karatekas, and in 38.9% of Wushu practitioners (WP). For Judokas, the most common injury site was “Shoulder/arm/elbow” (13.43%), for Karatekas, it was “Lower leg/foot/ankle” (9.95%), and for WP it was “Groin/hip/thigh” (9.45%) (p = 0.000). The most commoninjuries in Judo and Karate were “Ankle sprains and joint injuries” (4.98% and 3.98%), while for WP the most common injury were “Hamstring strains” (5.47%) (p=0.008). There was no relationship between occurrence of a first injury and sex, age or belt rank.CONCLUSIONSː Judo is the martial art with the highest percentage of injuries, followed by Wushu and then Karate.
PB Edizioni Minerva Medica
SN 0022-4707
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116486
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116486
LA eng
NO Garcia-Isidoro S, Miguel-Tobal F, Martin-Escudero P, Gutierrez-Ortega C, Castellanos-Sanchez VO. Martial arts injuries: a longitudinal study about judo, karate and wushu carried out in the Community of Madrid, Spain. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2021 Feb;61(2):244-251. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11216-7. Epub 2020 Jul 23. PMID: 32720785.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 dic 2025