Login / Signup

Incidence of injury and illness at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games held in a closed-loop environment: a prospective cohort study of 7332 athlete days.

Wayne DermanPhoebe RuncimanMaaike Maria EkenPieter-Henk BoerCheri A BlauwetEmmanouil BogdosAnja HirschmuellerEsme R JordaanJames KissickJan LexellFariba MohammadiMarcelo PatricioMartin P SchwellnusNick WebbornJian-Xin Zhou
Published in: British journal of sports medicine (2024)
The incidence of both injury and illness at the Beijing 2022 Games were the lowest yet reported in the Paralympic Winter Games. The incidence of injury was highest in alpine skiing. These findings underscore the importance of ongoing vigilance and continued injury risk mitigation strategies to safeguard the well-being of athletes in these high-risk competitions. Respiratory illnesses were most commonly reported in Nordic skiing, which included the three cases of COVID-19 recorded at the games.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • virtual reality
  • air pollution
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • particulate matter
  • climate change
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus