@article{ART001480009},
author={Seung Heon An and Je-Hoon Lee},
title={The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine},
issn={1975-311X},
year={2010},
volume={5},
number={3},
pages={341-350}
TY - JOUR
AU - Seung Heon An
AU - Je-Hoon Lee
TI - The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
JO - Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
PY - 2010
VL - 5
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
SP - 341
EP - 350
SN - 1975-311X
AB - Purpose:To provide information and data about the physical therapy service for planning future Olympic and other mass gatherings.
Methods:To document the injuries sustained during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in a sample of patients visiting the physical therapy department of the Korean Olympic Committee. Athletes visited the physical therapy department in 2008 Beijing Olympic Korean delegation from 1 August through 22August.
Results:The sex ratio of athletes who visited physical therapy room was male 27.5%, female 72.5% and that number of case sports were higher Handball (26.2%), hockey (15.8%), archery (10.4%). The most prevalent injury of body parts was shoulder (15.1%), followed by the lumbar(14.2%), and the cervical spine (10.5%).
Treatment modality had manual therapy(891), electrical therapy (584), ultrasound (461) and the number of taping were handball (47.8%), hocky (23.8%), judo (8.2%). Ankle (31.4%) was the most body parts of taping Conclusion:Physical therapy in sport as a professional sports event to get their players to injury prevention and treatment. These results can be of help to optimize the strategies to prevent injuries and to treatment the injured athletes
KW - Manual therapy;Olympic games;Physical therapy;Sports injury;Taping
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Seung Heon An and Je-Hoon Lee. (2010). The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine, 5(3), 341-350.
Seung Heon An and Je-Hoon Lee. 2010, "The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games", Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine, vol.5, no.3 pp.341-350.
Seung Heon An, Je-Hoon Lee "The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games" Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine 5.3 pp.341-350 (2010) : 341.
Seung Heon An, Je-Hoon Lee. The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 2010; 5(3), 341-350.
Seung Heon An and Je-Hoon Lee. "The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games" Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine 5, no.3 (2010) : 341-350.
Seung Heon An; Je-Hoon Lee. The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine, 5(3), 341-350.
Seung Heon An; Je-Hoon Lee. The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine. 2010; 5(3) 341-350.
Seung Heon An, Je-Hoon Lee. The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 2010; 5(3), 341-350.
Seung Heon An and Je-Hoon Lee. "The Use on Physical Therapies of Korean Delegation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games" Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine 5, no.3 (2010) : 341-350.