title: [Development of a system for epidemiologic surveillance for the XVII Central American and Caribbean Sport Games, Puerto Rico, 1993].
abstract: The probability of recording infectious diseases and injuries to the musculoskeletal system during sports events with a large number of participants is very high. From an historical perspective the distribution and trends of diseases that have an impact on public health have been evaluated by means of epidemiological surveillance systems. However, the application of these epidemiological methods to sports medicine is relatively recent. The utilization of an epidemiological surveillance system during sports events with a large number of participating athletes and countries has been reported in a limited number of competitions. In this article we describe the design of a system for epidemiological surveillance utilized during the XVII Central American and Caribbean Sports Games held in Puerto Rico in 1993, as an example of a surveillance system that could be regularly established in this type of event.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioestadística y Epidemiología, Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan 00936-5067.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Perdomo
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morell-Rivera
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mayor-Becerra
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Serrano-Rodríguez
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Frontera
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D002489:Central America / Q000208:ethnology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Diseño de un sistema de vigilancia epidemiológica para los XVII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Puerto Rico, 1993.