TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2004 olympic games: Physiotherapy services in the olympic village polyclinic
AU - Athanasopoulos, Spyridon
AU - Kapreli, Eleni
AU - Tsakoniti, Aikaterini
AU - Karatsolis, Konstantinos
AU - Diamantopoulos, Konstanrinos
AU - Kalampakas, Konstantinos
AU - Pyrros, Demetrios G.
AU - Parisis, Costas
AU - Strimpakos, Nikolaos
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Objective: First, to document the injuries sustained during the 2004 Olympic Games in a sample of patients visiting the physiotherapy department of the Olympic Village polyclinic. Second, to provide information and data about the physiotherapy services for planning future Olympics and other mass gatherings. Design: Observational study. Setting: Olympic Village polyclinic. Participants: 457 patients aged 15-72 years visited the physiotherapy department from 30 July through 30 August. Results: The department's workload was at a peak during the last 15 days of the Olympic Games (periods B and C). The most common injuries were overuse injuries (47.3%). The most common pathology for physiotherapy attendance was myofascial pain/muscle spasm (32.5%), followed by tendinopathy (19.2%) and ligament sprain (18.7%). The most prevalent site of injury was the thigh (21%), followed by the knee (14.1%) and the lumbar spine (13.5%). Most injuries had symptoms of
AB - Objective: First, to document the injuries sustained during the 2004 Olympic Games in a sample of patients visiting the physiotherapy department of the Olympic Village polyclinic. Second, to provide information and data about the physiotherapy services for planning future Olympics and other mass gatherings. Design: Observational study. Setting: Olympic Village polyclinic. Participants: 457 patients aged 15-72 years visited the physiotherapy department from 30 July through 30 August. Results: The department's workload was at a peak during the last 15 days of the Olympic Games (periods B and C). The most common injuries were overuse injuries (47.3%). The most common pathology for physiotherapy attendance was myofascial pain/muscle spasm (32.5%), followed by tendinopathy (19.2%) and ligament sprain (18.7%). The most prevalent site of injury was the thigh (21%), followed by the knee (14.1%) and the lumbar spine (13.5%). Most injuries had symptoms of
U2 - 10.1136/bjsm.2007.035204
DO - 10.1136/bjsm.2007.035204
M3 - Article
C2 - 17502331
SN - 0306-3674
VL - 41
SP - 603
EP - 609
JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 9
ER -