epidemiology; injury surveillance; musculoskeletal pathologies; prevention; sports injuries; track and field; Materials Science (all); Instrumentation; Engineering (all); Process Chemistry and Technology; Computer Science Applications; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Abstract :
[en] Objective: To describe the epidemiology of injury complaints related to the athletics activity in elite athletics (track and field) athletes practicing disciplines with sprints (i.e., sprints, hurdles, combined events, long jump, and triple jump). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on elite sprinting athletes licensed with the French Federation of Athletics with retrospective data collection of injury complaints related to the athletics activity that occurred during their lifetime athletics activity, allowing the reporting of the injury complaints during the one-year period before the survey and at the time of the survey, using a self-reported online survey system. We calculated the (i) lifetime, (ii) 1 year, and (iii) point (at the time of the survey) prevalence proportion, and we descriptively analyzed the injury complaint characteristics. Results: A total of 302 injury complaints related to the athletics activity were reported by 64 athletes of the 68 included athletes. The lifetime prevalence proportion was 95.6% (95% CI: 90.7 to 100.5%). The 1-year prevalence proportion was 61.8% (95% CI: 50.2 to 73.3%). The point prevalence proportion (at the time of the survey) was 16.2% (95% CI: 7.4 to 24.9%). Almost all injury complaints were located in the lower limb (92.7%) and especially involved the hamstrings (33.4%); the main type involved was the muscle (49.0%), and injury complaints mainly occurred during training and with a sudden mode of onset. The most frequent diagnosis was hamstring muscle injury (31.1%). Conclusions: This study provides new insights specifically in elite sprinting athletes, confirming the injury risk in this population and that the main injury diagnosis was the hamstring muscle injury. Efforts should thus continue to monitor injuries in this population and to develop athletics- and sprinting-specific injury risk reduction strategies.
Disciplines :
Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine
Author, co-author :
Edouard, Pascal ; Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Science (LIBM EA 7424), University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Lyon 1, University Savoie Mont-Blanc, Saint-Etienne, France ; Sports Medicine Unit, Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France ; European Athletics Medical & Anti Doping Commission, European Athletics Association (EAA), Lausanne, Switzerland
Caumeil, Benjamin ; Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance (EA 7370), French Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France
Giroux, Caroline ; Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance (EA 7370), French Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France
Bruneau, Antoine; French Athletics Federation (FFA), Paris, France
Tondut, Jeanne; Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Science (LIBM EA 7424), University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Lyon 1, University Savoie Mont-Blanc, Saint-Etienne, France ; Mines Saint-Etienne, INSERM, U 1059 Sainbiose, Centre CIS, University Lyon, University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Navarro, Laurent; Mines Saint-Etienne, INSERM, U 1059 Sainbiose, Centre CIS, University Lyon, University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Hanon, Christine; Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance (EA 7370), French Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France ; French Athletics Federation (FFA), Paris, France
Guilhem, Gaël ; Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance (EA 7370), French Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France
Ruffault, Alexis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la santé ; Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance (EA 7370), French Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France
Language :
English
Title :
Epidemiology of Injury Complaints in Elite Sprinting Athletes in Athletics (Track and Field)
The present study was conducted in the context of the FULGUR project (ANR-19-STPH-003) funded by the French Research Agency in the perspective of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in collaboration with French Federations of Athletics, Rugby and Ice Sports, Universities of Nantes, Côte d’Azur, Savoie Mont Blanc, Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Saclay, the Mines Saint-Etienne, the CEA and the CNRS. The University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne and the French Institute of Sport (INSEP) are partners of the French-speaking network ReFORM. ReFORM is recognized as Research Centres for the Prevention of Injury and Illness the Protection of Athletes by the Olympic Committee (IOC), and received funding from the IOC to establish a long-term research program on the prevention of injuries and illnesses in sports to protect athlete health.
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