Incidence and burden of injury at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games held during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 66 045 athlete days.
Wayne DermanPhoebe RuncimanMaaike Maria EkenPieter-Henk BoerCheri A BlauwetEmmanouil BogdosGuzel IdrisovaEsme JordaanJames KissickPhilipe LeVanJan LexellFariba MohammadiMarcelo PatricioMartin P SchwellnusNick WebbornStuart E WillickKazuyoshi YagishitaPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2022)
Compared with previous Paralympic Games, there was a reduction in injury incidence but higher injury burden at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The new sports of taekwondo and badminton had a high injury incidence, with the highest injury burden in taekwondo, compared with other sports. These findings provide epidemiological data to inform injury prevention measures for high-risk sports.