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1 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS IN ROLLER SPORTS Maurizio Lollobrigida PhD UNIVERSITY TELEMATIC SAN RAFFAELE ROME STUDY AND RESEARCH CENTRE FIHP- FIRS MONACO APRIL 2014 GRIMALDI FORUM

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS IN ROLLER SPORTS IOC WORLD CONFERENCE PREVENTION OF INJURY AND ILLNESS IN SPORT 4 YEARS OF STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE ACCIDENTS OF THE SKATERS OF THE

Federation, which has 114 Member Federations in 5 Continents.

2 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS IN ROLLER SPORTS IOC WORLD CONFERENCE PREVENTION OF INJURY AND ILLNESS IN SPORT 4 YEARS OF STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE ACCIDENTS OF THE SKATERS OF THE ITALIAN ROLLER SKATING FEDERATION (FIHP): The speed skating is one of the most important disciplines of FIHP, the Italian Roller Sports Federation and of FIRS, the International Roller Sports Federation, which has 114 Member Federations in 5 Continents. The discipline of speed skating has been included three times in the Olympic short list, it will be a demonstration sport in the Youth Olympics in Nanijng this year, in August and is currently present in the World Games, the Pan American Games, and the South American Games. 114 MEMBER FEDERATIONS IN 5 CONTINENTS 3 TIMES IN SHORT LIST CURRENTLY PRESENT THIS YEAR

3 ROLLER SPORTS DISCIPLINES: Every year World Championships in all disciplines of Roller Sports are held around the world: ARTISTIC ROLLER SKATING SPEED ROLLER SKATING

4 FREESTYLE DOWNHILL RINK HOCKEY SKATING

5 INLINE HOCKEY ROLLER ALPINE SKIROLL

The inline skate has spread throughout the world certainly as tool of a fitness and recreational sport. It lived in the 90s a period of enormous diffusion.

6 The inline skate has spread throughout the world certainly as tool of a fitness and recreational sport. It lived in the 90s a period of enormous diffusion. Many young people, therefore, have come close to it. often outside of the National Federations or sports clubs Causing a high rate of accidents due: not to the danger of the tool or of the sporting action, but to the superficiality which this sport has been practiced with.

For many years, I pay anenoon at the development of this discipline and of its psycho- physical characterisocs on which I have conducted some research, during which I came across providers such as

7 For many years, I pay anenoon at the development of this discipline and of its psycho- physical characterisocs on which I have conducted some research, during which I came across providers such as PubMed and others like it that, under " inline skaong", describe this sport as a sport with a high percentage of risk and accident. In 1997, the es-mated annual cost of medical treatment for these injuries in the US was over $US4 billion. Based on what I just said these statements may be correct, but because these studies were based exactly on self- taught skaters, who pracoced this sport at fitness levels and therefore had not a proper athleoc training as support. THIS HAS ALSO LED TO HIGH MEDICAL EXPENSES.

8 This study will try to put some order in previous studies and will try to demonstrate the real benefits and the absolute safety of the Speed SkaOng and of Roller Sports in general, if done correctly, with proper athleoc training under the guidance of experienced and skilled coaches. PERCENTAGE OF ACCIDENTS COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF LICENSED ATHLETES. NUMBER OF INJURIES DIVIDED BY GENDER

9 A retrospecove survey of the Olympic quadriennium , carried out on members of the Italian Roller Sports FederaOon has revealed that the Roller Sports have a very low percentage of accidents : 0.52% in four years, up from about 25,000 members per year demonstrated through the database of FIHP insurance. INJURIES FOR DISCIPLINE BY YEAR

10 It is also important to analyze the methods of accidents and the periods in which these happen: the months prior to the most important compeooons and the months immediately following periods of vacaoon, so periods of inacovity of the athlete. PERCENTAGE OF INJURIES DIVIDED PER MONTH

11 During the training periods accidents in the region of the radius and ulna are more frequent, because the exercises or difficuloes are tried fracoonated while during the compeooons on the head and the shoulders as you have to carry out the full exercise and you tend to greater speed and perfecoon of the exercise. INJURIES DIVIDED BY: TRAINING COMPETITION

12 INJURIES DURING COMPETITION BY BODY REGION

13 INJURIES DURING TRAINING BY BODY REGION

14 An important analysis led to be able to define the probable causes and possible prevenxve measures : Data comparison underlines high number of accidents when athlete is physically stressed. These seem to be connected with: 1) Effect of skate vibraxons on Hoffmann reflex. 2) Effect of eccentric contracxons. 3) Overuse and funcxonal overload on lumbar muscles. 4) Age, gender, modality, Xme.

15 Main outcome measurements: 1) Recovering periods during in- skate and off- skate training. 2) More specific physical training with special abenxon to core stability and propriocepxon, and to the exercises of the muscles in the upper part of the trunk (shoulders, abdominals and parxcularly superior limbs). 3) Beber control of upper part of body. 4) To pracxce inline skaxng followed by coaches specifically instructed by InternaXonal FederaXons.

16 The final Conclusions: Roller Sports, if pracxced in sports clubs, presented few accidents. The knowledge of the risk factors, for the coaches should allow us to opxmize training strategies by prevenxng further risks. Other risk factors were detected, independent of speed, obstacles, hard surfaces, and behavior.

17 We confirm that protecxons are useful, especially for the beginners. Thanks

OFFICIAL BULLETIN Number: 33 From August 27th - To September 10th 2017

OFFICIAL BULLETIN Number: 33 From August 27th - To September 10th 2017 DISCIPLINES ARTISTIC ON THIS ISSUE X INLINE ALPINE INLINE DOWNHILL INLINE FREESTYLE INLINE HOCKEY 1 INLINE HOCKEY 2 RINK HOCKEY 1