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Care of Water Polo Players.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Stromberg, JD
Published in: Current sports medicine reports
September 2017

Water polo is a team sport that combines swimming with overhead throwing and wrestling. This places water polo players at risk for a unique group of illnesses and injuries. In addition to the medical problems and injuries seen in competitive swimmers, water polo players are at risk for a variety of traumatic injuries, including concussions, eye injuries, tympanic membrane perforation, fractures, dislocations, and lacerations. Repetitive overhead throwing also places these athletes at risk for related injuries, such as shoulder problems, including rotator cuff strain and impingement, and elbow problems, such as ulnar collateral ligament injuries, posteromedial impingement, and osteochondritis dissecans of the radial capitellum. This article serves as an overview of these illnesses and injuries, as well as how the aquatic environment affects pathogenesis, treatment, and return to play.

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Published In

Current sports medicine reports

DOI

EISSN

1537-8918

ISSN

1537-890X

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

16

Issue

5

Start / End Page

363 / 369

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Sports
  • Sport Sciences
  • Return to Sport
  • Humans
  • Athletic Injuries
  • 4207 Sports science and exercise
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
 

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Stromberg, J. D. (2017). Care of Water Polo Players. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 16(5), 363–369. https://doi.org/10.1249/jsr.0000000000000409
Stromberg, Jennifer D. “Care of Water Polo Players.Current Sports Medicine Reports 16, no. 5 (September 2017): 363–69. https://doi.org/10.1249/jsr.0000000000000409.
Stromberg JD. Care of Water Polo Players. Current sports medicine reports. 2017 Sep;16(5):363–9.
Stromberg, Jennifer D. “Care of Water Polo Players.Current Sports Medicine Reports, vol. 16, no. 5, Sept. 2017, pp. 363–69. Epmc, doi:10.1249/jsr.0000000000000409.
Stromberg JD. Care of Water Polo Players. Current sports medicine reports. 2017 Sep;16(5):363–369.

Published In

Current sports medicine reports

DOI

EISSN

1537-8918

ISSN

1537-890X

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

16

Issue

5

Start / End Page

363 / 369

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Sports
  • Sport Sciences
  • Return to Sport
  • Humans
  • Athletic Injuries
  • 4207 Sports science and exercise
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences