Introduction: Real tennis is a growing, unique, and well-established sport. To date, there has been no epidemiological data on real tennis injuries. The primary aim of this retrospective study is to record the incidence and document any trends in real tennis musculoskeletal injuries, so as to improve injury awareness of common and possibly preventable injuries.
Methods: A surveillance questionnaire e-mailed to 2,036 Tennis & Rackets Association members to retrospectively capture injuries sustained by amateur and professional real tennis players over their playing careers.
Results: A total of 485 (438 males and 47 females) questionnaires were fully completed over 4 weeks. A total of 662 musculoskeletal injuries were recorded with a mean of 1.4 injuries per player (range 0–7). The incidence of sustaining an acute real tennis musculoskeletal injury is 0.4/1000 hrs. The three main anatomical locations reported injured were elbow 15.6% (103/662), knee 11.6% (77/662), and face 10.0% (66/662). The most common structures reported injured were muscle 24% (161/661), tendon 23.4% (155/661), ligament 7.0% (46/661), soft tissue bruising 6.5% (43/661), and eye 6.2% (41/661). The majority of the upper limb injuries were gradual onset (64.7%, 143/221), and the lower limb injuries were sudden onset (72.0%, 188/261).
Conclusion: This study uniquely provides valuable preliminary data on the incidence and patterns of musculoskeletal injuries in real tennis players. In addition, it highlights a number of reported eye injuries. The study is also a benchmark for future prospective studies on academy and professional real tennis players.

Keywords: epidemiology, musculoskeletal injuries, real tennis




中文翻译：

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真实网球中的肌肉骨骼损伤

简介：真正的网球运动是一项不断发展，独特且完善的运动。迄今为止，还没有关于实际网球损伤的流行病学数据。这项回顾性研究的主要目的是记录并记录真实网球肌肉骨骼损伤的任何趋势，从而提高对常见和可能可预防的损伤的认识。
方法：监视调查表已通过电子邮件发送给2,036个网球和网球拍协会成员，以回顾性地记录业余和专业真实网球运动员在其职业生涯中遭受的伤害。
结果：在4周内，共完成了485份问卷（男438例，女47例）。总共记录了662处肌肉骨骼损伤，每位球员平均1.4处伤害（范围为0-7）。遭受急性真实网球肌肉骨骼损伤的发生率为0.4 / 1000小时。报告的三个主要解剖部位是肘部15.6％（103/662），膝部11.6％（77/662）和面部10.0％（66/662）。据报告受伤最常见的结构是肌肉24％（161/661），肌腱23.4％（155/661），韧带7.0％（46/661），软组织淤血6.5％（43/661）和眼睛6.2％（ 41/661）。大部分上肢损伤是逐渐发作的（64.7％，143/221），下肢损伤是突然发作的（72.0％，188/261）。
结论：这项研究独特地提供了有关真实网球运动员肌肉骨骼损伤的发生率和模式的有价值的初步数据。此外，它还突出显示了许多眼部受伤的报道。这项研究还是将来对学院和职业网球选手进行前瞻性研究的基准。

关键词：流行病学，肌肉骨骼损伤，真实网球