Athletics Injuries Clinical Trial
Official title:
Injuries in Swedish Youth Athletics. The KLUB-study.
It is well known that participation in sports activities as a youth has several health benefits, but at the same time, studies report that the risk is high to obtain injuries related to participation. There is, however, increasing evidence that many of these injuries can be prevented if necessary measures are taken. Prospective studies are therefore needed to be able to plan and carry out measures to prevent the occurrence of injuries. The overall aim of the project KLUB is to study the prevalence and incidence of injuries among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. A particular focus will be placed on identifying factors associated with injury occurrence.
It is well known that participation in sports activities as a youth has several health
benefits, but at the same time, studies report that the risk is high to obtain injuries
related to participation. There is, however, increasing evidence that many of these injuries
can be prevented if necessary measures are taken. So far, most studies examining sports
injuries have been conducted on adult elite and among team sports, for example football, ice
hockey and bandy. How injury patterns present in individual sports and among youth is not as
well documented. A major problem in athletics is that studies have shown an almost identical
prevalence and incidence of injury associated with athletics among both young and adult
athletes.
Today there are very few published studies on international incidence of injuries among
adolescent athletes in athletics and no describing the incidence in Swedish Athletics. These
studies have different study design, definitions of injury and rather small groups of
athletes, making it difficult to draw conclusions that can be the basis for prevention
programs. What after all can be inferred from these previous studies is that injuries related
to overuse seems to be most prevalent. Prospective studies are therefore needed to be able to
plan and carry out measures to prevent the occurrence of injuries. We intend to carry out an
intervention study among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. Before this is carried out, the
investigators need to have adequate knowledge of the study population for the effective
implementation of the intervention study.
The overall aim of the project KLUB is to study the prevalence and incidence of injuries
among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. A particular focus will be placed on identifying
factors associated with injury occurrence. The knowledge obtained will be used to allow for
injury prevention in the future.
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