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Health problems among elite Dutch youth long track speed skaters: a one-season prospective study.
Hendricks, Matthias; van de Water, Alexander T M; Verhagen, Evert.
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  • Hendricks M; Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands matthias.hendricks@uni-muenster.de.
  • van de Water ATM; Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
  • Verhagen E; School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Br J Sports Med ; 58(14): 785-791, 2024 Jul 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38777387
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

To describe the frequency, type, and severity of health problems in long-track speed skating to inform injury prevention strategies.

METHODS:

We prospectively collected weekly health and sport exposure data on 84 highly trained Dutch athletes aged 15-21 years during the 2019/2020 season using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre questionnaire on Health Problems and the trainers' documentation. We categorised health problems into acute or repetitive mechanisms of injury or illness and calculated incidences (per 1000 sports exposure hours), weekly prevalence and burden (days of time loss per 1000 sports exposure hours) related to the affected body region.

RESULTS:

We registered 283 health problems (187 injuries, 96 illnesses), yielding an average weekly prevalence of health problems of 30.5% (95% CI 28.7% to 32.2%). Incidence rates were 2.0/1000 hours for acute mechanism injuries (95% CI 1.5 to 2.5) and 3.2/1000 hours for illnesses (95% CI 2.6 to 3.9). For acute mechanism injuries the head, shoulder and lumbosacral region had the highest injury burden of 5.6 (95% CI 4.8 to 6.5), 2.9 (95% CI 2.3 to 3.5) and 2.2 (95% CI 1.7 to 2.8) days of time loss/1000 hours, respectively. For repetitive mechanism injuries, the knee, thoracic spine, lower leg and lumbosacral region had the highest injury burden, with 11.0 (95% CI 9.8 to 12.2), 6.8 (95% CI 5.9 to 7.7), 3.9 (95% CI 3.2 to 4.6) and 2.5 (95% CI 1.9 to 3.1) days of time loss/1000 hours, respectively.

CONCLUSION:

Our study demonstrated a high prevalence of acute and repetitive mechanism injuries in speed skating. These results can guide future research and priorities for injury prevention.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Traumatismos en Atletas / Patinación Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Br J Sports Med Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Países Bajos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Traumatismos en Atletas / Patinación Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Br J Sports Med Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Países Bajos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido