Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Aquatic Sports

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Sports-related Fractures, Dislocations and Trauma

  • 1324 Accesses

Abstract

Aquatic sports are those that are based in water as opposed to on land. Aquatic sports trauma management deals with a unique set of injuries and poses some significant challenges to evaluation and management due to the nature of the aquatic environment. It is important to understand the injury types and challenges for injury evaluation for each specific aquatic sport. The sports of swimming, diving, water polo, waterskiing, wakeboarding, scuba diving, and surfing are outlined in this chapter. Evaluation and treatment of an injury should take place out of the water (on land or in an aquatic vessel). Someone certified in lifeguarding should be available whenever possible during aquatic sport events to ensure safe extrication and prompt evaluation during serious illness or trauma.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Weiss J, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Injury V, Poison P. Prevention of drowning. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):e253–62.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Khodaee M, Edelman GT, Spittler J, Wilber R, Krabak BJ, Solomon D, et al. Medical care for swimmers. Sports Med Open. 2016;2(1):27.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Hill L, Collins M, Posthumus M. Risk factors for shoulder pain and injury in swimmers: a critical systematic review. Phys Sportsmed. 2015;43(4):412–20.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Nichols AW. Medical care of the aquatics athlete. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2015;14(5):389–96.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Marar M, McIlvain NM, Fields SK, Comstock RD. Epidemiology of concussions among United States high school athletes in 20 sports. Am J Sports Med. 2012;40(4):747–55.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Haase SC. Management of upper extremity injury in divers. Hand Clin. 2017;33(1):73–80.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Kerr ZY, Baugh CM, Hibberd EE, Snook EM, Hayden R, Dompier TP. Epidemiology of National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s and women’s swimming and diving injuries from 2009/2010 to 2013/2014. Br J Sports Med. 2015;49(7):465–71.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Day C, Stolz U, Mehan TJ, Smith GA, McKenzie LB. Diving-related injuries in children <20 years old treated in emergency departments in the United States: 1990–2006. Pediatrics. 2008;122(2):e388–94.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Spittler J, Keeling J. Water Polo injuries and training methods. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2016;15(6):410–6.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Junge A, Langevoort G, Pipe A, Peytavin A, Wong F, Mountjoy M, et al. Injuries in team sport tournaments during the 2004 Olympic Games. Am J Sports Med. 2006;34(4):565–76.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Mountjoy M, Junge A, Alonso JM, Engebretsen L, Dragan I, Gerrard D, et al. Sports injuries and illnesses in the 2009 FINA World Championships (Aquatics). Br J Sports Med. 2010;44(7):522–7.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Water Polo Rules. Federation Internationale De Natation. 2013.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Rybak LP, Johnson DW. Tympanic membrane perforations from water sports – treatment and outcome. Otolaryngol Head Neck. 1983;91(6):659–62.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Franic M, Ivkovic A, Rudic R. Injuries in water polo. Croat Med J. 2007;48(3):281–8.

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  15. International FD. Commission on dental products. Working Pary No 7. 1990.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Hersberger S, Krastl G, Kuhl S, Filippi A. Dental injuries in water polo, a survey of players in Switzerland. Dent Traumatol. 2012;28(4):287–90.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Paley KJ, Jobe FW, Pink MM, Kvitne RS, ElAttrache NS. Arthroscopic findings in the overhand throwing athlete: evidence for posterior internal impingement of the rotator cuff. Arthroscopy. 2000;16(1):35–40.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Rod E, Ivkovic A, Boric I, Jankovic S, Radic A, Hudetz D. Acute hyperextension/valgus trauma to the elbow in top-level adult male water polo goalkeepers: a cause of osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum? Injury. 2013;44:S46–S8.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Baker JI, Griffin R, Brauneis PF, Rue LW, McGwin G. A comparison of wakeboard-, water skiing-, and tubing-related injuries in the United States, 2000–2007. J Sports Sci Med. 2010;9(1):92–7.

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  20. Hostetler SG, Hostetler TL, Smith GA, Xiang HY. Characteristics of water skiing-related and wakeboarding-related injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States, 2001–2003. Am J Sports Med. 2005;33(7):1065–70.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Carson WG. Wakeboarding injuries. Am J Sports Med. 2004;32(1):164–73.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Chia JKK, Goh KYC, Chan C. An unusual case of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage caused by wakeboarding. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2000;32(6):291–4.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Su JW, Lim CH, Tan JL, Chua YL, Chui PPS. Wakeboarding-related water impact trauma as a cause of fatal cardiac rupture. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;134(2):506–7.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Buzzacott PL. The epidemiology of injury in scuba diving. Med Sport Sci. 2012;58:57–79.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Eichhorn L, Leyk D. Diving medicine in clinical practice. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015;112(9):147–58.

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  26. Gunepin M, Zadik Y, Derache F, Dychter L. Non-Barotraumatic tooth fracture during scuba diving. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2013;84(6):630–2.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Yousef MK, Ibrahim M, Assiri A, Hakeem A. The prevalence of oro-facial barotrauma among scuba divers. Diving Hyperb Med. 2015;45(3):181–3.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. Buzzacott P. DAN Annual diving report 2016 edition: a report on 2014 data on diving fatalities, injuries, and incidents. Durham (NC): Divers Alert Network; 2016.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Furness J, Hing W, Walsh J, Abbott A, Sheppard JM, Climstein M. Acute injuries in recreational and competitive surfers incidence, severity, location, type, and mechanism. Am J Sports Med. 2015;43(5):1246–54.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Klick C, Jones CMC, Adler D. Surfing USA: an epidemiological study of surfing injuries presenting to US EDs 2002 to 2013. Am J Emerg Med. 2016;34(8):1491–6.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Woodacre T, Waydia SE, Wienand-Barnett S. Aetiology of injuries and the need for protective equipment for surfers in the UK. Injury. 2015;46(1):162–5.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Ruijs AC, Langenberg LC, Rezzouk J. Finger trauma due to surfing; a case series and analysis of fracture patterns. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2017;22(1):10–3.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. Taylor DM, Bennett D, Carter M, Garewal D, Finch C. Perceptions of surfboard riders regarding the need for protective headgear. Wilderness Environ Med. 2005;16(2):75–80.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Family Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA

    Jack Spittler

Authors
  1. Jack Spittler
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jack Spittler .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Family Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA

    Morteza Khodaee

  2. Department of Emergency and Sports Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Anna L. Waterbrook

  3. Vermont Orthopedic Clinic, Rutland, VT, USA

    Matthew Gammons

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Spittler, J. (2020). Aquatic Sports. In: Khodaee, M., Waterbrook, A., Gammons, M. (eds) Sports-related Fractures, Dislocations and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36790-9_46

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36790-9_46

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-36789-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-36790-9

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation