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- Title
Injury surveillance of college women's lacrosse: a prospective study.
- Authors
Sanomura, M.; Hosokawa, Y.; Nakamura, C.; Fukubayashi, T.
- Abstract
The purpose of this prospective study was to examine the specific injury characteristics, such as the involved body part, injury type, and injury mechanism in Division I college women lacrosse players. The total number of injuries was 179 and the total injury rate was 12.33 (95% confidence interval, 10.53-14.14)/1000 athlete-hours and 25.08 (21.41-28.76)/1000 athlete-exposures. The most commonly injured body part was the ankle, and the proportion of lower extremity injuries was approximately 70%. Sprains, muscle cramps/spasms and tendinosis/tendinopathy were the most frequently encountered types of injury, and overuse, contact injury. Ankle spraining was the most frequently found injury pattern in women lacrosse players. An understanding of these specific injury characteristics may help to develop an injury prevention program for college women's lacrosse.
- Subjects
WOUNDS &; injuries; LACROSSE players; SPORTS injuries; MUSCLE cramps; MOVEMENT disorders
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Clinical Sports Medicine / Nihon Rinsho Supotsu, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 3, p460
- ISSN
1346-4159
- Publication type
Article