Prevention of Injuries Through The Teaching of Judo-Based Falls
The consequences of unintentional falls are the second leading cause of death from unintentional injuries worldwide, with a higher incidence in children and older adults. Judo, through the teaching of ukemi, can help eliminate or reduce the severity of injuries caused by such falls in these populati...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/155571 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/155571 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ukemi Judo Childhood injuries Public health Health promotion Older-adult Falls |
| Sumario: | The consequences of unintentional falls are the second leading cause of death from unintentional injuries worldwide, with a higher incidence in children and older adults. Judo, through the teaching of ukemi, can help eliminate or reduce the severity of injuries caused by such falls in these populations. This article presents two programmes based on judo that are aimed at tackling fall-related injuries: Safe Falls-Safe Schools© and Adapted Utilitarian Judo. The implementation of these programmes has produced significant results for the variables analysed, which indicates that both programmes are useful tools to reduce the risk of injury caused by unintentional falls |
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