Abstract des Autors

The objective of this study was to document treatment trends observed by members of the Wrangler SportsChiropractic program in the Turquoise Circuit during 1994. The study design was documentary analysis. The circuit coordinator for the Turquoise Circuit and coauthor of this article (R.K.) was involved in extracting information from the standardized examination forms used by the Wrangler SportsChiropractic doctors. Information extracted included the event in which the contestant participated, the location of the rodeo, and the date of the event. A total of 625 contestants were treated over the course of the 12 cited events. The most commonly treated contestant participated in bull riding (n=148; 23.68%), the second most commonly treated event was saddle bronco riding (n=88; 14.08%), and the third most commonly treated group was bareback riding (n=78; 12,48%). Timed-event participants were much less likely to be treated, e.g., steer wrestling (n=43), barrel racing (n=39), calf roping (n=27), team roping (n=32), and bullfighters (n=24), totaling 22.56% of treatments. An unusually high number of support personnel were treated in this circuit (n=146; 23.36%). The results from this survey demonstrate the consistent finding that bullriders are the most commonly treated division of rodeo contestants. They are typically followed by other roughstock participants, as was observed in this survey. The timed-event groups were much less likely to seek help. Of interest was the high number of support personnel that sought help. The authors theorized why this may have occurred in the discussion section. Verf.-Referat