TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sant, Kurstein
AU  - Micallef Stafrace, Kirill
PY  - 2021/12/22
Y2  - 2024/04/20
TI  - Upper Limb Injuries secondary to Overuse in the Esports community.  Is this a rising epidemic?
JF  - International Journal of Esports
JA  - IJE
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SE  - Review
DO  - 
UR  - https://www.ijesports.org/article/39/html
SP  - 
AB  - <p>Esports has increased in popularity over the last few years with increased viewership, revenues, participation, and an increase in the number of elite players. Over 400 fine motor movements per minute are carried out by Esports players and with professional and elite players reporting practising and playing for over 10 hours every day, this would give rise to overuse injuries, especially in the upper limb. Carpal tunnel syndrome, lateral epicondylitis and tendinopathies are reported to be the commonest upper limb musculoskeletal injuries in Esports players which can also lead to the end of their career.  With the worldwide increase in Esports athletes we can only expect a concomitant rise in associated injuries.  There is, however, very limited research on injuries sustained by Esports players and ways to prevent such injuries with more studies being advocated to further this knowledge among the Esport community.</p>
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