Sports injury
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Medical Health Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Acupuncture addresses both non-time-loss injuries and time-loss injuries. The epidemiological data records only those involving time loss.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The epidemiological survey defined injuries as time-loss injuries occurring during activity. Acupuncture treatment was excluded for sports injuries and disorders deemed unsuitable for acupuncture by assessment of trainers and doctors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of injured individuals recorded during the season, the number of occurrences by location and type of sports injury or impairment (injury name), were tallied. The severity (days), Athlete-hour (hereafter, AH), Incidence (cases/1,000 AH), and Injury burden (days/cases/1,000 AH) were calculated. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain was assessed on a scale of 0 to 100 mm, with 0 representing no pain and 100 representing the worst pain imaginable, and was recorded only during the spring season (February to June). Furthermore, acupuncture treatment was administered for both non-time-loss injuries (where no time was lost from competition) and time-loss injuries (where time was lost from competition). However, the epidemiological data only records cases involving time-loss injuries. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactFujimoto Hideki
Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Medical Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Outcome results
None listed