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SPORTVERLETZUNG-SPORTSCHADEN
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 96-99Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/a-1993-6712
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COVID-19 pandemic; lockdown; training; exercise resistance bands; skull fracture; ocular trauma; sports; workout; injuries
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led athletes to resort to alternative training methods at home, using exercise resistance bands. However, these bands can cause injuries such as bruises, head injuries, lacerations, facial fractures, and eye injuries when they recoil or tear. This article presents two case reports that discuss the accident mechanism, injuries, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment.
The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic forces athletes to perform their workout at home with alternative training methods. Exercise resistance bands, often used for this purpose, can cause damage when they recoil or tear. Potentially resulting injuries include bruises, head injuries, lacerations, facial fractures and eye injuries. The following article presents two case reports including accident mechanism, injuries, diagnostic evaluation and treatment.The first patient presented with an open depressed skull fracture caused by a recoiling exercise resistance band, while the second patient sustained a complex ocular trauma caused by a tearing exercise resistance band when performing supported chin-ups.
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