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- Title
Do the characteristics of head impact during blind football differ between Paralympic Games? Video-based observational study.
- Authors
Noriaki Maeda; Junpei Sasadai; Yuki Tamura; takumi Nagao; Rami Mizuta; Honoka Ishihara; Tsubasa Tashiro; Satoshi Arima; Takeru Abekura; ayano ishida; Yukio Urabe
- Abstract
Introduction: Blind football is a para-sport played by athletes with severe visual impairments, and ranked second highest of the five levels for concussion risk rate in para-sports competition.1 In Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, there were game time and goal size changes at the blind football competition. It is possible that this may have also changed the head impact characteristics in Tokyo 2020, but this has not been examined. Objectives: To compare the head impact characteristics during blind football competition between Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games using the official videos. Study design: Cross-sectional study Methods: All 36 official game videos from the national blind football teams participating in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 summer Paralympic Games were obtained from the International Paralympic Committee's official website channel YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/paralympics). The duration of the match was 50 minutes for Rio 2016 and 40 minutes for Tokyo 2020. Eight teams participated in each Paralympic Game, which consisted of 12 preliminary games and six ranking and final games. The videos were analyzed to assess the number of scores, number of head impacts, and their details (round, playing phase, scoring situation, impact situation, occurrence area, impact object, site of head impact, fall, and foul). Results: The total number of goals scored at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 were 23 and 45, respectively. The number of head impacts was 1,105 and 931 for Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, respectively. Significant differences were observed in head impact characteristics between the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 among seven outcomes (round, scoring situation, impact situation, occurrence area, impact object, site of head impact, and fall). Conclusions: Compared with the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games showed an increase in the number of points scored and different head impact characteristics.
- Subjects
NORWAY; JAPAN; BRAZIL; SOCCER; SPORTS for people with disabilities; CONFERENCES &; conventions; SPORTS events; BLINDNESS; VIDEO recording; HEAD injuries; SOCCER injuries
- Publication
International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 6, p775
- ISSN
2159-2896
- Publication type
Article