inherent risk of musculoskeletal injury. 5 Musculoskeletal injuries are defined as injuries resulting from direct trauma or overuse that are sustained during sports participation. 6 Injuries are common in male adolescent Gaelic footballers. Recent research reported that one third of all players sustain
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Fear Avoidance Following Musculoskeletal Injury in Male Adolescent Gaelic Footballers
Sinéad O’Keeffe, Niamh Ní Chéilleachair, and Siobhán O’Connor
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Disordered Eating, Exercise Dependence, and Athletic Injury
Carrie B. Scherzer, Jeremy Trenchuk, Meaghan Peters, and Robert Mazury
Injuries in sport are often unpredictable but also inevitable. Athletes can fuel and prime their bodies to be ready for competition, only to be sidelined due to injury. Others may engage in unhealthy behaviors that could predispose them to injuries, such as disordered eating; athletes have higher
The Influence of Playing Experience and Position on Injury Risk in NCAA Division I College Football Players
Robert McCunn, Hugh H.K. Fullagar, Sean Williams, Travis J. Halseth, John A. Sampson, and Andrew Murray
The potential for physical injury is an accepted risk that differs in size across all sports. The cost of sustaining an injury is multifaceted and the burden is shared among numerous parties, not least the athlete themselves. Consequences incorporate financial, 1 long-term health, 2 emotional
Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio: Conceptual Issues and Fundamental Pitfalls
Franco M. Impellizzeri, Matthew S. Tenan, Tom Kempton, Andrew Novak, and Aaron J. Coutts
The number of studies examining associations between training load (TL) and injury has increased exponentially in recent years. One of the most popular TL metrics in the current literature, embraced by practitioners and researchers, is the acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR). 1 ACWR has been
Importance of Various Training-Load Measures in Injury Incidence of Professional Rugby League Athletes
Heidi R. Thornton, Jace A. Delaney, Grant M. Duthie, and Ben J. Dascombe
Purpose:
To investigate the ability of various internal and external training-load (TL) monitoring measures to predict injury incidence among positional groups in professional rugby league athletes.
Methods:
TL and injury data were collected across 3 seasons (2013–2015) from 25 players competing in National Rugby League competition. Daily TL data were included in the analysis, including session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE-TL), total distance (TD), high-speed-running distance (>5 m/s), and high-metabolic-power distance (HPD; >20 W/kg). Rolling sums were calculated, nontraining days were removed, and athletes’ corresponding injury status was marked as “available” or “unavailable.” Linear (generalized estimating equations) and nonlinear (random forest; RF) statistical methods were adopted.
Results:
Injury risk factors varied according to positional group. For adjustables, the TL variables associated most highly with injury were 7-d TD and 7-d HPD, whereas for hit-up forwards they were sRPE-TL ratio and 14-d TD. For outside backs, 21- and 28-d sRPE-TL were identified, and for wide-running forwards, sRPE-TL ratio. The individual RF models showed that the importance of the TL variables in injury incidence varied between athletes.
Conclusions:
Differences in risk factors were recognized between positional groups and individual athletes, likely due to varied physiological capacities and physical demands. Furthermore, these results suggest that robust machine-learning techniques can appropriately monitor injury risk in professional team-sport athletes.
NetballSmart, Implementation of a National Injury Prevention Program
Suzanne Belcher, Sharon Kearney, Matt Brughelli, Natalie Hardaker, and Chris Whatman
“Level 1” ACL risk sport and has a high incidence of ACL injury, averaging approximately 200 annually in NZ over the last 5 years ( Belcher et al., 2020 ; N. Hardaker, personal communication, August 1, 2023). These movements also contribute to a high rate of ankle and knee injuries, which constituted
Planning the Microcycle in Elite Football: To Rest or Not to Rest?
Martin Buchheit, Maxime Settembre, Karim Hader, and Derek McHugh
or 2 days affects injury rate during the same microcycle, and the following match is still unknown. The question of what day to take off, and even whether to give a day off at all is something that has not been examined scientifically despite its immense importance in terms of recovery, compensation
Tri-Axial Accelerometry as an Injury Predictor Tool in Elite Soccer
Wayne Brown and Matt Greig
The epidemiology and etiology of ankle sprain injuries in soccer have been well described. Retrospective analysis of epidemiological data identified an English Premier League player sustaining a high lateral ankle sprain. GPS data collated during the training session in which the injury was sustained, and subsequent rehabilitation sessions, were analyzed to quantify uniaxial PlayerLoad metrics. The injured player revealed a 3:1 asymmetrical loading pattern in the mediolateral plane and multiaxial high loading events which might present the inciting event to injury. The high magnitude, asymmetrical and multiplanar loading is consistent with lateral ankle sprain etiology.
The Implementation of a National Strategy to Encourage Injury Prevention Program Uptake in a Community Female Sport in Ireland: A Camogie Case Study
Siobhán O’Connor, Wesley O’Brien, and Peter Lacey
compared with their male counterparts ( Currie et al., 2012 ; Farmer et al., 2017 ; Sisson & Katzmarzyk, 2008 ). The incidence of musculoskeletal injury is the most prevalent risk factor associated with physical activity ( Melzer et al., 2004 ). Musculoskeletal injury alongside their associated physical
Examining the Presence of Back Pain in Competitive Athletes: A Focus on Stress and Recovery
Jahan Heidari, Johanna Belz, Monika Hasenbring, Jens Kleinert, Claudia Levenig, and Michael Kellmann
Suffering from pain, illnesses, and injuries illustrates the downside of athletic engagement as these factors significantly impact well-being and performance while hampering regular training and competition routines. 1 , 2 Chronic and unspecific developments of illnesses or injuries may even
