title: Management of Sport Injuries with Korean Medicine: A Survey of Korean National Volleyball Team.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to report the current state of Korean medicine (KM) treatment on sports injury by implementing survey with volleyball team medical doctors participating in 2013-2014 season. Six KM doctors completed a questionnaire that includes injury parameters: type, location, situation, and pain scores. We collected 166 injury cases from 94 Korean male and female national volleyball players. Knee (25.9%), low back (13.3%), elbow, and ankle (8.4%) injuries were most common. Joint (41.6%) and muscle (30.7%) were major injured tissues. KM team medical doctors utilized acupuncture (40.4%), chuna manual therapy (16.0%), physical therapy (15.2%), taping (9.0%), and cupping (7.8%) to treat volleyball injuries. Any types of medications were used infrequently. Additional physical and exercise therapy were preferred after receiving acupuncture (both 46.9%). This study presented the preliminary injury profile of Korean elite volleyball players. Injury and treatment parameters could be useful to build advanced KM model in sport medicine.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Changsop
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1277-3329
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Mibyeong Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eunyoung
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0207-0371
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Third Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan 50612, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eui-Hyoung
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ojin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea; Korean Medicine Life Science, University of Science & Technology (UST), Campus of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Hwan
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5730-6869
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee