Fencing injuries in French elite fencers: a retrospective analysis from 2016 to 2023.

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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Pub Date : 2025-05-30 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fspor.2025.1535818

Hugo Gondouin, Nicolas Zabotto, Edem Allado, Oriane Hily, Margaux Temperelli, Sébastien Le Garrec, Bruno Chenuel, Mathias Poussel

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Abstract

Background: Fencing is one of the five sports that have been permanent fixtures at the Olympic Games since the first modern Games in 1896. However, the available literature on fencing-related injuries is very scarce, even more so for elite fencers. This study aimed to assess injuries in elite French fencers to more precisely characterize the injury patterns in this Olympic sport.

Design: The study included all elite fencers from the French National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance from June 2016 to May 2023. Injuries were recorded using the medical information system, which documents any newly incurred injury. Each injury was specified and then stratified according to weapon category (epee, foil, and saber), sex, injury location, and types of anatomical structures involved.

Results: A total of 117 different fencers (female = 56) were included, and 1,470 injuries were recorded for an overall injury rate of 2.55 injuries/year/fencer (female = 2.61; male = 2.50; NS, non-significant), mostly occurring in the lower limbs (71%). Epee fencers show more knee (p = 0.046) and forearm (p = 0.020) injuries and less thigh injuries (p < 0.005), as well as more injuries involving joints (p = 0.026) but less muscle injuries (p = 0.005). Females showed more injuries located in the pelvis and hip (10% vs. 5.3%; p = 0.001).

Conclusions: Our study confirms a low overall injury rate in elite fencers and highlights some particularities for epee compared with the other two conventional weapons, in addition to sex-specific differences concerning injury location.

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法国优秀击剑运动员击剑损伤：2016年至2023年的回顾性分析

背景：自1896年第一届现代奥运会以来，击剑是成为奥运会固定比赛项目的五个项目之一。然而，关于击剑相关损伤的文献非常少，对于优秀的击剑运动员更是如此。本研究旨在评估法国优秀击剑运动员的损伤，以更准确地描述这项奥林匹克运动的损伤模式。设计：该研究包括2016年6月至2023年5月期间法国国家体育、专业和表现研究所的所有优秀击剑运动员。使用医疗信息系统记录受伤情况，该系统记录了任何新发生的伤害。每个损伤都被指定，然后根据武器类别（重剑、花剑和佩刀）、性别、损伤位置和涉及的解剖结构类型进行分层。结果：共纳入117名不同类型击剑运动员（女运动员56人），共记录损伤1470例，总损伤率为2.55例/年/击剑运动员(女运动员2.61例；男性= 2.50；NS，无统计学意义)，主要发生在下肢（71%）。重剑运动员膝盖损伤较多（p = 0.046），前臂损伤较多（p = 0.020），大腿损伤较少（p = 0.026），肌肉损伤较少（p = 0.005）。女性在骨盆和髋部的损伤更多(10%比5.3%；p = 0.001)。结论：我们的研究证实了优秀击剑运动员的整体受伤率较低，并强调了重剑与其他两种常规武器相比的一些特殊性，以及受伤部位的性别差异。

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