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Incidence of reported cerebral concussion in adult taekwondo athletes

Willy Pieter

School of Health and Sports Science University of North London 166-220 Holloway Road London N7 8DB

Eric D Zemper

PhD Exercise Research Associates of Oregon (ExRA) Eugene Oregon USA

The purpose of the present study was to assess the exact conditions under which cerebral concussions occur in full-contact taekwondo competition. Injury data were collected by project staff and tournament medical personnel with simple check-off forms that describe the athlete and nature, site, circumstances and severity of the injury. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine the difference in injury rate between men and women. The men (7.04/1,000 athlete-exposures) sustained more cerebral concussions than the women (2.42/1,000 athlete-exposures) (p<0.001). The dominant injury mechanism in both the males and females was receiving a blow (6.46/1,000 athlete-exposures and 2.42/ 1,000 ath lete-exposures for the men and women, respectively).

Key Words: Taekwondo • cerebral concussion • injury

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 118, No. 5, 272-279 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409811800512
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