INTRODUCTION:
Street racing is a sport in expansion and has been used as leisure, sport or competitive practice.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the frequency of sports injuries and skin lesions in athletes in street racing. Material and
METHODS:
Cross-sectional study of 220 athletes in street racing with questionnaire and clinical observation. Analysis by t test, Mann-Whitney, Chi-square and Spearman correlation.
RESULTS:
There was a predominance of male athletes, adults, practitioners of distance running, training on average 45 to 60 minutes, 2 to 3 times a week and have variable participation in competitions. The main injuries reported were knee pain (30.4%), ligament sprain/muscle strain (16.7%), and tendinitis (10.1%), pain in the hips (7.3%) and back pain (7%), with no significant differences between genders. There was a significant association between miles covered during training and muscle damage in men (p=0.0477, x=9.60). The athletic footwear was related to the presence of ingrown nails and nail loss in women.
CONCLUSION:
Men showed a higher frequency of muscle injuries and women had more skin and nail disorders.
athletic injuries; running; skin diseases