injuries in athletics
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Hamstring Injuries in Track & Field Aspetar Sponsored Symposium Sports Medicine Australia Be Active 2014 Conference CanberraTRANSCRIPT
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INJURIES IN ATHLETICS
Dr Juan Manuel Alonso MD PhD
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Outline
• Background
• Methods
• Injury Rates
• Injury descriptors
• Risk Factors
• Limitations
• Future research directions
• Prevention Implications
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• There have been recent studies on Athletics injury epidemiology.
• Osaka 2007 World IAAF Outdoors Championships FIRST INJURY SURVEILLANCE
• IAAF injury reporting system 2007-2013: 15 international championships
• There is a lack of prospective studies
– Bennell published Athletics prospective study in 1996
– Jacobsson published in 2012/13 another research
Background
Watson MD. Am J Sports Med 1987. Ahuja Br J Sports Med 1985. Bennell K. Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996. Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013. Alonso JM. Clin J Sports Med 2009. Feddermann-Demont N. Br J Sports Med 2014.
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MethodsDifferences in
• Design: prospective Vs retrospective
• Population selection
• Observation period
• Injury Definition
• Data recording
• Reporting: incidences / exposure
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All Season:
Incidence: 1.7-3 injuries/athlete/season
3.7-3.9 injuries/1000 h
Prevalence: 46-78% athletes injured/season
Recurrence: 8-33%
Subsequent Inj: 54%
42-47 % athletes sustain > 1 injury/season
Up to 10% athletes drop out during the season
Injury Rates
Watson MD. Am J Sports Med 1987. Ahuja Br J Sports Med 1985. Bennell K. Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996. Jacobsson J. Am J Sports Med 2012. Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013.
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Competition:
• Incidence: 81.1 injuries/1000 registrations (time-loss 36.7)
– Highest in Combined events
(169 x 1000 registrations)
– Marathon (113) and
– Long (77.6) and middle distance (71.5).
• Lowest incidence was
– Throwing events (19.7)
– Jumps and short distances (43)
Injury Rates
Feddermann-Demont N. J. Br J Sports Med 2014.
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Chime out dataDuring the season:
• Half to 2/3 of the squad will get injured
• Average: 2-3 injuries per athlete
Competition:
• 10% of your team could get injured
• More injured athletes at combined events, middle and long distance
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Injury Descriptors
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Onset
All Season
• 70-96 % Overuse
– 55% Gradual onset
– 41% Sudden onset
• 4-20% Traumatic
Competitions
• 60 % Overuse
– 37% Sudden
– 23% Gradual
• 30 % Traumatic
Sprint/Hurdles/Jumps/Combined events HIGHER % of Acute Injuries. However, Overuse >50%
Bennell K, Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996. Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013. Alonso JM, Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009. Alonso JM. Clin J Sports Med 2009. Alonso JM, Br J Sports Med 2012.
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When?All Season
50
30
73
20
TRAINING COMPETITION
When?
Bennell Jacobsson
Bennell K, Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996. Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013.
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• Lower extremity 75-89%
– Thigh All Season 21,5 %/ Competition 34.5 %
– Lower leg 15 %
– Foot 10 %
– Knee 10 %
• Injury location affected most frequently
– the thigh in Jumps, Sprints/Hurdles, Middle distance, Race walk and Combined events
– the foot in Marathon
– the leg in Long distance
– the upper extremity in Throws
Injury Site
Bennell K, Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996. Feddermann-Demont NJ, Br J Sports Med 2014.
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Thigh 19-24%
Upper extremity 8-12%
Trunk 12-13%
Head & Neck 1-3%
Knee 13-15%
Lower leg 13-23%
Ankle 5-10%
Foot 6-8%
Hip & Groin 3-4%
Achilles tendon 4%
Alonso JM, Clin J Sports Med 2009.
Alonso JM, Br J Sports Med 2012.
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Thigh 27-33%
Upper extremity 5-8%
Trunk 14%
Head & Neck 1%
Knee 7-10%Lower leg 11-20%
Ankle 6-8%
Foot 5-9%
Hip & Groin 6-8%
Achilles tendon 4-5%
Alonso JM, Clin J Sports Med 2009.
Alonso JM, Br J Sports Med 2012.
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Hamstring Injuries Incidence
in Track and Field
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THIGH INJURIES
Injuries/1000 competing athletes
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Feddermann-Demont N. Br J Sports Med 2014. Engebretsen L. Br J Sports Med 2013.
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Hamstring injuries in Athletics
• No data of recurrence
• No data on time-loss impact
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Diagnosis
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Thigh (Hamstring) Strain
Stress Fractures
Ankle Sprain
Overuse Knee Injuries
Achilles / Foot Tendinosis
Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
Lumbar Pain
Hip (adductor) strain
Lower Leg Strain
Plantar Fasciitis
Competition
All Season
Ahuja Br J Sports Med 1985. Bennell K, Aust J Sci Med Sport 1996. Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013. Solaja A, Med Pregl 2013. Feddermann-Demont NJ Br J Sports Med 2014.
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• Competition
– 45 % absence 1 day
– 30% absence 1-7 days
– 3% absence higher than 4 weeks
• All season 50 % absence higher than 3 weeks
• Subsequent / Recurrent injuries more severe than first/index injuries
• Catastrophic
– Pole Vault
– Throwing
Injury Severity
Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013. Feddermann-Demont NJ Br J Sports Med 2014. Alonso JM, Br J Sports Med 2012
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• Competition
– Athletes presenting with health problem
– Training more 12 h/week
– Combined events
• All season– Severe injury (3 weeks) previous season
– Higher training hours and hard workouts
– Highest ranked athletes
– Increased age
– Higher flexibility
– Menstrual disturbances
Risk Factors
Bennell K, Aus J Sci Med Sport 1996. Jacobsson J. Br J Sports Med 2013. Feddermann-Demont NJ Br J Sports Med 2014. Edouard P, Br j Sports Med 2014
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Limitations
• Competitions mainly– World, Europe
– Lack of data from Africa, Asia, America, Oceania
– Newly incurred injuries
– Lack of information on overuse injuries
• Scarce prospective studies in athletics
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• Prospective whole season surveillance
– Appropriate methods
– Overuse injuries
• Prevention interventions on:
– Hamstring Injuries
– Ankle injuries
– Stress Fractures
– Tendinopathies
Future Research Directions
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Prospective Whole Season Cohort Studies
CHALLENGES:
• Athletics Training Structure– Clubs seldom professional
– Rarely employ any health staff
– Athletes live apart from the club
– Athletes train individually/groups not linked to clubs
– Some (few) athletes have their own medical team
• Specificities Athletics Culture– Tendency to medical nomadism
– Lack of concern by the medical follow-up
• Not well structured Medical organisation around athletes– National Federations providing medical care ONLY in training camps or
domestic/international competitionsEdouard P, Branco P Alonso JM. Br j Sports Med 2014
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• Special attention should be paid to injuries in:
– Combined events
– Long distance including Marathon
– Short Distance
• Future prevention studies should focus on Thigh Strain
• Improve understanding of injury mechanisms and risk factors
• Analyse efficacy of adapted preventive measures
Prevention implications
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Conclusions
• On average, 1 out of each 12 registered athletes (81.1 injuries per 1000 registrations) suffered one injury during 2007-2012 international Athletics competitions
• More injuries were incurred during competition that in training.
• The incidence of all and of time-loss was higher in outdoor than in indoor or youth/junior championships
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Conclusions
• High injury incidence
• Overuse traumatic
• Training Competition
• 4/5 Lower limb, 3/10 thigh
• Hamstring strain, stress fractures, ankle sprain
• Disciplines different locations and diagnosis
• Half of injuries more thatn 3 weeks
• Risk factors to be elucidated
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Take home messageIF YOU WORK OR WANT TO WORK IN ATHLETICS EXPECT
•Half to 2/3 of your team will get injured
•Many of your athletes will suffer from 2-3 injuries/season
•10% of your team could get injured in competition
•You have to be good clinician dealing with:
–Overuse Injuries
–Hamstring and Calf Strains,
–Achilles, Patellar, Knee, Foot, Hip Tendinopathies,
–Stress Fractures,
–Ankle Sprains
–Lumbar Spine
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Acknowledgements Group• Prof. Dr Lars Engebretsen, IOC
• Kathrin Steffen PhD, IOC, OSTRC
• Prof. Dr Jiri Dvorak, FIFA,
• PD Dr Astrid Junge, F-MARC
• Prof. Dr Per Renström, IOC
• Dr Margo Mountjoy, FINA
• Dr Pascal Edouard, France
• Dr Marc Aubry, IIHF
• Jenny Jacobsson PT PhD, Sweden
• Dr Ola Ronsen, Norway
• Dr Pedro Branco, Portugal
• Prof Toomas Timpka, Sweden• Team physicians of participant countries and
medical staff of all Championships.