Title |
Preparticipation predictors for championship injury and illness: cohort study at the Beijing 2015 International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships
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Published in |
British Journal of Sports Medicine, November 2016
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DOI | 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096580 |
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Authors |
Toomas Timpka, Jenny Jacobsson, Victor Bargoria, Julien D Périard, Sébastien Racinais, Ola Ronsen, Karin Halje, Christer Andersson, Örjan Dahlström, Armin Spreco, Pascal Edouard, Juan-Manuel Alonso |
Abstract |
To determine preparticipation predictors of injury and illness at a major Athletics championship. A cohort study design was used. Before the 2015 International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in Athletics, all 207 registered national teams were approached about partaking in a study of preparticipation health; 50 teams accepted. The athletes (n=957) in the participating teams were invited to complete a preparticipation health questionnaire (PHQ). New injuries and illnesses that occurred at the championships were prospectively recorded. Logistic regression analyses were performed with simple and multiple models using any in-championship injury and in-championship illness as outcomes. The PHQ was completed by 307 (32.1%) of the invited athletes; 116 athletes (38.3%) reported an injury symptom during the month before the championships, while 40 athletes (13%) reported an illness symptom. 20 (6.5%) of the participating athletes sustained a health problem during the championships. Endurance athletes were almost 10-fold more likely to sustain an in-championship illness than speed/power athletes (OR, 9.88; 95% CI 1.20 to 81.31; p=0.033). Participants reporting a preparticipation gradual-onset injury symptom were three times more likely (OR, 3.09; 95% CI 1.08 to 8.79; p=0.035) and those reporting an illness symptom causing anxiety were fivefold more likely (OR, 5.56; 95% CI 1.34 to 23.15; p=0.018) to sustain an in-championship injury. Analyses of preparticipation predictors of injury and illness at a major Athletics championship suggest that endurance athletes require particular clinical attention. Preparticipation symptoms causing anxiety are interesting predictors for in-championship health problems. |
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Australia | 4 | 19% |
United States | 3 | 14% |
Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
Ireland | 1 | 5% |
Singapore | 1 | 5% |
Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
Sweden | 1 | 5% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
Unknown | 8 | 38% |
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Scientists | 8 | 38% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
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Student > Master | 14 | 17% |
Researcher | 9 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
Other | 8 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
Other | 12 | 14% |
Unknown | 24 | 29% |
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Sports and Recreations | 24 | 29% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 18% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
Psychology | 3 | 4% |
Other | 4 | 5% |
Unknown | 29 | 35% |