Incidence of injury on CrossFit: a systematic literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Dayse Queiroz da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Vasconcelos, Marília Cordeiro, Torres, Ravena Santana, Santos, Deisiane Reis, Nero, Dario da Silva Monte
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/25138
• topic: Treinamento Intervalado de Alta Intensidade; Exercício Físico; Ferimentos e Lesões; High-Intensity Interval Training; Exercise; Wounds and Injuries

BACKGROUND: CrossFit® is a fitness program that features successive movements encompassing a wide variety of exercises ranging from running to Olympic lifting exercises and gymnastics movements performed in high intensity with short recovery intervals. In recent years, adherence to this sport has grown considerably, and in this way it is suggested that the practitioners have undergone heavy and strenuous workouts that lead them to develop injuries.OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to carry out a systematic review to identify the incidence of injuries in CrossFit and which are the most referred joints of injury in this practice.METHODS: This study consists of a bibliographic review carried out in the electronic databases Scielo, Pubmed/Medline with the terms CrossFit and injury in Portuguese and English. A total of 64 articles were found in the databases searched, but only 6 articles were included. RESULTS: Based on the studies analyzed, the results show that the injury incidence in CrossFit is not high, varying between 0.27 and 18.9 per 1000 hours of training, being higher in beginners or experienced individuals. In relation to the location of the injuries, the shoulder, lumbar spine, and knee were the joints most cited with incidence of injuries, probably because they are the joints most requested in most movements.CONCLUSION: Based on the studies analyzed, the incidence of injury at CrossFit is low, and injuries occur more frequently on the shoulder, lower back, and knee.