Back Pain in Adolescent Athletes

Young, Warren K.; d’Hemecourt, Pierre A.

doi:10.3810/psm.2011.11.1942

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“…Additionally, there is evidence that excessive competitive sports during youth and insufficient core stability provoke low back pain (LBP) (Schmidt et al, 2014). Reports indicate that LBP is a growing problem in alpine skiing and the aetiology of back pain in adolescent athletes is higher than in their older counterparts (Hildebrandt and Raschner, 2013; Young et al, 2011). Bergstr⊘m et al (2004) reported that LBP was associated with intensive physical activities in 67% of skiers from high school.…”

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Trunk Strength Characteristics of Elite Alpine Skiers - A Comparison with Physically Active Controls

Hildebrandt

Müller

Heisse

et al. 2017

Journal of Human Kinetics

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Core muscle imbalances and weak trunk strength are relevant for injury prevention and performance. Information regarding core strength requirements and ideal flexion/extension ratios in alpine skiing is limited. We aimed to compare trunk strength capacities in elite alpine skiers with those of a matched control group. The concentric maximal trunk flexion and extension of 109 elite skiers and 47 active controls were measured at 150°/s in a ballistic mode using the CON-TREX® TP 1000 test system. The relative flexion peak torque was higher in male ski racers (p = 0.003; 2.44 ± 0.30 Nm/kg) than in the controls (2.32 ± 0.42 Nm/kg). The relative peak torque for extension was 4.53 ± 0.65 Nm/kg in ski racers and 4.11 ± 0.52 Nm/kg in the controls (p = 0.001). Female athletes were significantly stronger in both, relative flexion force (p = 0.006; skiers 2.05 ± 0.22 Nm/kg; controls 1.74 ± 0.28 Nm/kg) and relative extension force (p = 0.001; skiers 3.55 ± 0.53 Nm/kg; controls 3.14 ± 0.48 Nm/kg). No significant differences were found in the ratios of flexion to extension forces in females and males. Ski racers are engaged in extensive strength training for both leg and trunk muscles, which explains the higher peak values. Both groups indicated a low ratio from 0.54-0.59, which represents high trunk extensor muscles strength relative to flexor muscles.

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Trunk Strength Characteristics of Elite Alpine Skiers - A Comparison with Physically Active Controls

Hildebrandt

Müller

Heisse

et al. 2017

Journal of Human Kinetics

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“…7 The risk of stress injuries in dance, especially in ballet, is well known. [18][19][20][21][22] In Irish dance, stress fractures have been described, 23 and in one study a prevalence of 29.9% was found. 13 In the current study, stress injuries were less common than anticipated.…”

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Injuries in Irish Dance

Stein¹,

Tyson²,

Johnson³

et al. 2013

J Dance Med Sci

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Irish dance is growing in popularity and competitiveness; however, very little research has focused specifically on this genre of dance. The purpose of this study was to analyze the types of dance injuries incurred by Irish dancers. A chart review was performed to identify all injuries associated with Irish dance seen in the sports medicine or orthopaedic clinics at the investigators' hospital over an 11-year period. "Injury" was defined as any dance-related pain or disorder that led to evaluation in the clinics. Survey data were also collected from study participants. Ultimately, 255 patients from over 30 different schools of dance were seen with injuries directly related (726 clinic visits) or partially related (199 visits) to Irish dance. Participants ranged in age from 4 to 47, with 95% (243/255) under the age of 19. These 255 patients received 437 diagnoses. Almost 80% of the injuries (348/437) were attributable to overuse, and 20.4% were acute and traumatic injuries (89/437). Ninety-five percent (95.9%) of injuries involved the hip or lower extremity. The most common sites were the foot (33.2%), ankle (22.7%), knee (19.7%), and hip (14.4%). Typical diagnoses were tendon injury (13.3%), apophysitis (11.4%), patellofemoral pain and instability (10.8%), stress injury (10.1%), and muscle injury (7.8%). The majority of traumatic injuries were seen in clinic within 3 weeks, but less than a quarter of overuse injuries were seen that quickly. The most common treatment, prescribed to 84.3% of patients, was physical therapy and home exercises, and the majority of dancers (64.3%) were able to return to full dance activity after injury.

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Adolescent Overuse Spine Injuries

O’Brien

d’Hemecourt

2013

Spinal Injuries and Conditions in Young Athletes

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Back Pain in Adolescent Athletes

Cited by 9 publications

References 53 publications

Trunk Strength Characteristics of Elite Alpine Skiers - A Comparison with Physically Active Controls

Trunk Strength Characteristics of Elite Alpine Skiers - A Comparison with Physically Active Controls

Injuries in Irish Dance

Adolescent Overuse Spine Injuries

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