Descriptive epidemiology study of hand injuries sustained in Gaelic football referred to a hand therapy service over 1 year.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Gaelic football requires ball handling, such as bouncing, fist passing and catching. To date, no research has examined the types of injuries sustained to the hand in this sport. This study aims to establish the types of orthopaedic hand injuries sustained in Gaelic football.

Methods

This was a retrospective descriptive epidemiology study of Gaelic football-related hand injuries treated at a hand therapy unit. The nature of injuries was categorised along with collated variables on player demographics and injury profiles. Potential correlations between injury and continuous demographic data were analysed using the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Pearson's χ² test was used for categorical data (p<0.05).

Results

287 referrals were identified

SUBMITTER: Harte D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227817 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature