Neuromuscular Warm-up for Injury Prevention in Caucan Athletes

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https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.3.613.2

Keywords:

Primary Prevention,, Warm-up Exercise, Sports Injuries,, Sports.

Abstract

Sports injuries carry a deterioration of athletes physical and mental health, economic ex­penses, and loss of training and competitions, playing a fundamental role in sports success. Injury prevention programs are being implemented as an effective tool in health care and optimization of sports performance. Objective: To compare the injury behavior in athletes after a neuromuscular warm-up program for injury prevention.

Material and methods: 80 athletes of underwater activities, badminton, judo, weightlifting, skating, triathlon, and taekwondo from the Cauca Department, a qua­si-experimental comparative study was carried out, applying a before and after preventive program of structured neuromuscular warming for lesions surveillance. A form to track the behavior of the injury was used.

Results: Before the application of the injury prevention program, 55% of the athletes pre­sented injury, tendinophaty, and sprains being more frequently, where the knee was the most affected joint, while, after the application of the prevention program, lesions appea­red in 34% (36/80) of the athletes; clinically, it was observed that combat, time, and brand sports presented a reduction of injury in 25.8% and 2.8%, respectively, post intervention. On the other hand, balls and racket sports increased the incidence of injury in 20%; the comparison of the results before and after applying the program for the variables type of injury, sports practice, structure, and area of injury did not show statistical significance among themselves.

Conclusion: The neuromuscular warming program for injury prevention presented clinical differences in the incidence of injury after the intervention, although these were not sta­tistically significant.

Author Biographies

Andres Felipe Villaquiran Hurtado, Universidad del Cauca

Fisioterapeuta, Magister en Intervención Integral en el Deportista, Programa Fisioterapia
de la Universidad del Cauca, Popayán (Colombia).

Enmanuel Fernando Portilla Dorado, Universidad del Cauca

Fisioterapeuta y Licenciado en Educación Física, Recreación y Deportes, Magister en
Deporte y Actividad Física, Programa de Educación Física, Recreación y Deportes,
Popayán (Colombia).

Paola Vernaza Pinzon, Universidad del Cauca

Fisioterapeuta, Especialista en Docencia Universitaria, Especialista en Epidemiología
General, Especialista en Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje, Programa Fisioterapia
de la Universidad del Cauca, Popayán

Published

2022-01-19

How to Cite

Villaquiran Hurtado, A. F., Portilla Dorado, E. F., & Vernaza Pinzon, P. (2022). Neuromuscular Warm-up for Injury Prevention in Caucan Athletes. Salud Uninorte, 37(3), 647–663. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.3.613.2

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