Prevalence and Profile of Musculoskeletal Injuries in High-Performance Professional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes

Nery, LC; Junior, CCP; Saragiotto, BT; Scoz, RD; Marson, RA; Baltazar Mendes, JJ; Alves Ferreira, LM; Amorim, CF

Prevalence and Profile of Musculoskeletal Injuries in High-Performance Professional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes

Nery, LC Junior, CCP Saragiotto, BT Scoz, RD Marson, RA Baltazar Mendes, JJ Alves Ferreira, LM Amorim, CF

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Citation:: The Open Sports Sciences Journal, 2022, 15, (1)
Issue Date:: 2022-12-26

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dc.contributor.author	Nery, LC
dc.contributor.author	Junior, CCP
dc.contributor.author	Saragiotto, BT
dc.contributor.author	Scoz, RD
dc.contributor.author	Marson, RA
dc.contributor.author	Baltazar Mendes, JJ
dc.contributor.author	Alves Ferreira, LM
dc.contributor.author	Amorim, CF
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-20T22:02:26Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-20T22:02:26Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-26
dc.identifier.citation	The Open Sports Sciences Journal, 2022, 15, (1)
dc.identifier.issn	1875-399X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/166268
dc.description.abstract	<jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) has become popular over the past years; however, few studies investigated the prevalence of injuries in this martial art modality.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Objective</jats:title> <jats:p>The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in BJJ competitors along with their profile and characteristics.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>One-hundred fifteen athletes were included in this cross-sectional study. A hundred fifteen professional high-performance athletes were selected from twenty-five BJJ gyms in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Descriptive analyses were used to demonstrate the athlete’s individual characteristics, and the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test was used to assess the significant differences between the number of injuries categorized by athlete’s belt or performance level category. Additionally, the Fisher’s exact test was used to assess possible differences between frequency of total injuries and injuries per affected site among the belts.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>We observed an injury prevalence of 85.2%, in which knee (32.6%), shoulder (11.2%) and elbow (8.4%) were the most affected regions. We did not find any significant differences between the number of injuries and belt classification (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>=0.093) or for the frequency of total injuries per anatomical region among belt classification (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>=0.121). Most injuries occurred during training (74%), and the main reason for time loss from training activities was due to trauma (70%).</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>There is a high prevalence of injuries among BJJ competitors, and the most affected site was the knee.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartof	The Open Sports Sciences Journal
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.2174/1875399x-v15-e221226-2022-23
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dc.rights	© 2023 Nery et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: . This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.subject	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1701 Psychology
dc.title	Prevalence and Profile of Musculoskeletal Injuries in High-Performance Professional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	15
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utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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dc.date.updated	2023-02-20T22:02:24Z
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Abstract:

Background Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) has become popular over the past years; however, few studies investigated the prevalence of injuries in this martial art modality. Objective The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in BJJ competitors along with their profile and characteristics. Methods One-hundred fifteen athletes were included in this cross-sectional study. A hundred fifteen professional high-performance athletes were selected from twenty-five BJJ gyms in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Descriptive analyses were used to demonstrate the athlete’s individual characteristics, and the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test was used to assess the significant differences between the number of injuries categorized by athlete’s belt or performance level category. Additionally, the Fisher’s exact test was used to assess possible differences between frequency of total injuries and injuries per affected site among the belts. Results We observed an injury prevalence of 85.2%, in which knee (32.6%), shoulder (11.2%) and elbow (8.4%) were the most affected regions. We did not find any significant differences between the number of injuries and belt classification (p=0.093) or for the frequency of total injuries per anatomical region among belt classification (p=0.121). Most injuries occurred during training (74%), and the main reason for time loss from training activities was due to trauma (70%). Conclusions There is a high prevalence of injuries among BJJ competitors, and the most affected site was the knee.

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