ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE

AND INJURY

Nadia Rohmatul Laili

 EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

Protective equipment is
essential
Helmets
Padding
Socks
Proper shoes
 Factors that may predispose an
athlete to injury
 Age older than 40 years
 Inactive lifestyle
 Overweight
 Personal and family history of
cardiopulmonary disease
 Undiagnosed pain/pressure in the chest, arm,
throat
 Prescribe medication
 Factors that may predispose an
athlete to injury
 High cholesterol
 Hypertension
 Smoking and/or use nonprescribed drugs
 Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or other
chronic disorders
 History of joint disease, recent trauma, or
injury
 Hyperthyroidsm
Possible Sport Injury in the Older Adult
Shoulder
• Subacronial impingerment syndrome
• Rotator cuff tear
• Secondary overuse/repetitive strain, inflammation, fibrosis
Knee
• Patellofemoral syndrome
• Degenerative osteoarthritic changes
• Meniscal injury
Ankle/foot
• Achiles tendonitis
• Plantar fascilitis
 Possible Sport Injury in Children and
Adolescents
Upper body
• Ligamentous laxity of the shoulder
• Proximal humeral physeal injuries
• Radial head overgrowth
• Chronic overuse of wrist
Lower extremity
• Ankle sprains and tarsal coalition
• Distal femoral physical fractures
• Physeal injuries of foot/ankle
• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
• Tibial eminence fracture
Central Body
• Low-back pain
• Scoliosis
• Muscle strains
 Female Athlete
“Female athlete triad” associated with both
endurance sports and sport with weight
categories
• Disordered eating
• Menstrual irregularities
• Osteoporosis
Other: Knee injury, anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL)
 Athletic Injury and Condition
• Protection, by use padding
• Rest, sitting out of a game
• Ice, decrease local effect of inflammation
• Compression, with elastic bandage
• Elevation of injured body, to decrease swelling
• Medication, NSAIDs or analgesics
• Modalities, physical rehabilitation
 Head and Facial Trauma

• Injury to the integument and/or

eyes
• Blunt head trauma
 Servical Spine Injury
• Fracture
• Dislocation
• Spinal cord injury
• Servical sprain
 UPPER EXTREMITY INJURIES
• Shoulder (Dislocation, Clavicle fracture, Sprain,
Scapula fracture, Acromioclavicular
separation)
• Rotator cuff disease
• Lateral epicondilytis
• Medial epicondilytis
• Head and Wrist injuries (Distal and proximal
interphalangeal joint, thumb, metacarpal
fractures, wrist injury)
 LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES
• Injuries to the Hip and Groin
• Fracture of the pelvis
• Dislocation of the hip
• Injuries to the Knee
• Injuries to the Lower Leg and Foot (achilles
tendon injuries, ankle sprains)
 Sports and Thermoregulation
Issues
• Heat-related injuries
Heat cramps
Heat exhaustion
Heatstroke
• Cold-related injuries
Hypothermia
Frostbite
THANK YOU