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ArticleBMJ open2022

Analysis of wheelchair falls in team sports at the Paralympic Games: video-based descriptive comparison between the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 games.

Kazuki Fukui, Noriaki Maeda, Junpei Sasadai, Reia Shimizu, Shogo Tsutsumi, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Kazuki Kaneda, Mitsuhiro Yoshimi, Rami Mizuta and 6 more

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Kazuki FukuiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Noriaki MaedaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Junpei SasadaiSports Medical Center, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences (JISS), Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6134-4577
Reia ShimizuSports Medical Center, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences (JISS), Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4781-0751
Shogo TsutsumiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6779-8083
Satoshi ArimaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tsubasa TashiroGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Kazuki KanedaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Mitsuhiro YoshimiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Rami MizutaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Takeru AbekuraGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Hinata EsakiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tomoki TeradaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Makoto KomiyaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Akira SuzukiSports Medical Center, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences (JISS), Tokyo, Japan.
Yukio UrabeGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan yurabe@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.

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Abstract

objectivesTo identify the fall characteristics of athletes in wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and descriptively compare these with those of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

designCross-sectional analysis. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: We obtained video footage from the International Paralympic Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that included 8 teams from each of the 18 wheelchair rugby and 10 wheelchair basketball games (men and women). The data were analysed to evaluate the number of falls, class difference (low or high pointer), time of play during the fall, phase of play, contact with other athletes, fall direction, fall location and the body part that first contacted the floor during the fall. These data from the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 games were compared.

resultsOverall, 430 falls (rugby, 104; men's basketball, 230 and women's basketball, 96) occurred (average per game ±SD: 5.8±3.1, 23.0±5.4 and 9.6±5.0, respectively). Significant differences in class, direction, fall location and body part point of contact between the three sports were observed. In wheelchair rugby, falls occurred mainly in high pointers and tended to be more lateral due to contact. In wheelchair basketball, falls occurred more in female high-pointers and in male low pointers, with more forward falls due to forward contact. Unlike in the Rio 2016 games, no difference between the events based on the presence or absence of contact was observed in the Tokyo 2020 games.

conclusionsThe number of falls increased in Tokyo 2020 compared with Rio 2016, with no significant difference in the characteristics of falls between the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 games. Only in men's wheelchair basketball, the number of falls in low pointers significantly increased in the Tokyo 2020 games when compared with that in the Rio 2016 games.

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