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- Title
Risk factors for acute and overuse sport injuries in Swedish children 11 to 15 years old: What about resistance training with weights?
- Authors
Boström, A.; Thulin, K.; Fredriksson, M.; Reese, D.; Rockborn, P.; Hammar, M. L.
- Abstract
To determine the 1-year self-reported incidence of overuse and traumatic sport injuries and risk factors for injuries in children participating in a summer sports camp representing seven different sports. 4363 children, 11 to 15 years old participating in a summer camp in seven different sports answered a questionnaire. Injury in this cross-sectional study was defined as a sport-related trauma or overload leading to pain and dysfunction preventing the person from participation in training or competition for at least 1 week. A number of risk factors for injury were investigated such as sex, age, number of hours spent on training in general, and on resistance training with weights. Nearly half [49%, 95% confidence interval ( CI) 48-51%] of the participants had been injured as a result of participation in a sport during the preceding year, significantly more boys than girls (53%, 95% CI 50-55% vs 46%, 95% CI 43-48%; P < 0.001). Three factors contributed to increased incidence of sport injuries: age, sex, and resistance training with weights. Time spent on resistance training with weights was significantly associated with sport injuries in a logistic regression analysis. In children age 11 to 15 years, the risk of having a sport-related injury increased with age and occurred more often in boys than in girls. Weight training was the only modifiable risk factor that contributed to a significant increase in the incidence of sport injuries.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; SPORTS injuries risk factors; AGE distribution; CAMPS; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; OVERUSE injuries; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; SPORTS injuries; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DISEASE incidence; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESISTANCE training; ODDS ratio; ADOLESCENCE; CHILDREN; INJURY risk factors
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 3, p317
- ISSN
0905-7188
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/sms.12432