A small series of pole sport injuries

Florian Dittrich; Sascha Beck; Manuel Burggraf; Andre Busch; Marcel Dudda; Marcus Jäger; Max Daniel Kauther

doi:10.4081/or.2020.8308

A small series of pole sport injuries

Orthop Rev (Pavia). 2020 Nov 24;12(3):8308. doi: 10.4081/or.2020.8308.

Authors

Florian Dittrich¹, Sascha Beck², Manuel Burggraf³, Andre Busch⁴, Marcel Dudda³, Marcus Jäger⁴, Max Daniel Kauther³

Affiliations

¹ Department for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine; Joint Centre Bergisch Land, Department for Orthopaedics, Sana Fabricius Clinic Remscheid, Remscheid.
² Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Sportsclinic Hellersen, Lüdenscheid.
³ Clinic of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Duisburg- Essen, Germany.

Abstract

Pole sport is a relatively new athletic sport that is gaining increasing popularity and for which national and international championships are held. It evolved from pole dance and harbours the risk of falls from heights of up to three metres. Currently, no studies on pole sport injuries are available. This is the first description of a small series of five pole sport injuries. A retrospective review of the case histories and radiological findings was performed, and in addition, a follow-up interview was carried out. All the patients were female and had a mean age of 27.2 years. Most injuries were located in the head, neck or spine. The use of proper training equipment like landing mats and grip aids could probably reduce accidents.

Keywords: Pole dance; pole sport; prevention; trauma.

Grants and funding

Funding: We acknowledge the support provided by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and Saarland University as part of the Open Access Publishing funding program.