Análise da incidência de lesões na articulação do ombro em atletas de natação

Abstract

The competitive swimming can compromise the health of its participants because this sports is very exigent and consume considerable time and dedication. Therefore, it can cause a lot of lesions principally in the shoulder joint due to overuse of the joint, overloads imposed during the workouts and lack muscle equilibrium. Objective: Analysis the incidence of injury in the shoulder joint of swimmers. Methods: Quantitative field study of cross-sectional descriptive character. Realized at a club in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, between the months from February to July of 2010. 30 swimmers, belonging to three categories were evaluated: Petiz, Infantile e Juvenile with age between 11 and 16 years. Results: Among the categories evaluated, 83% of the athletes had at least one positive test for diagnosis of muscle injuries, and what they got were the highest incidence of Infantile category, with 100% positivity among the evaluated. Conclusion: In this study it was concluded that the presence of injury is common in swimmers young, thus emphasizes the importance of a fitness conditioning and supplementation with muscle strengthening exercises and stretches as a way to prevent these injuries.