Descriptive analysis on military training injuries in a special force corps / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To explore the incidence, causes, training courses at high risk and location of the body of training injury in a special force corps, provide evidence for effective prevention of the injury.[Method]A questionnaire on training injuries and relative situations, and review of medical records from Nov 2005 to Oct 2006 were performed in 823 soldiers and officers in a special force corps at Nov 2006. Data were input into computers after quantization, and descriptive analysis was conducted with SPSS 13.0 software. [Result]Of 823 soldiers and officers, 738 (89.67%) experienced one or more injuries in that year, 525 (63.79%) were affected in normal training, 221 (26.85%) lost more than one training day due to the injuries. Confirmed with the medical records, 213 (25.90%) lost more than one training day due to injuries. A total of 1696 injuries occurred in 823 soldiers and offices in that year, of them, 1263 injuries interfered with normal training. Injury rate was 12.78 per 100 per month. 24.12% of injuries were due to over-exertion, 15.86% due to accident and 13.33% due to environmental field. Injury occurred mainly in runing related training courses including 5km running (22.17%) and 400m obstacle running (20.87%), followed by weight lifting (9.67%). The most frequent site of injury was the lower extremities, accounted for 65.74 % of the inj urie s including the foot ( 18.75 %),the ankle (13.50%), the leg (13.56%) and the knee (14.39%), followed by low back (14.21%). [Conclusion]Persistent over-exertion basic training, the courses at high risk of injury, should be improved in focus. Lower extremities and low back, the most frequent locations of injury, should be taken as key points of prevention and treatment of training injury.