Injury prevalence of netball players in South Africa: The need for in jury prevention

Pillay, Tanushree; Frantz, José M.

doi:10.4102/sajp.v68i3.17

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“…In the other prospective studies, physiotherapists or students/trainers/first aiders/coaches provided injury treatment and records of injury [18,19,31,34,36]. In the retrospective studies, eight (89%) studies [17,[38][39][40][41][42][43]45] relied exclusively on self-report of injuries while one study [44] used medical diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Health professionals provided the diagnoses and injury records for all the hospital/ clinic/insurance records studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Two (10%) of these studies were over part of a season [34,35], seven (35%) were over one season [13,21,25,27,29,30,33], and five (25%) were over two or more seasons [22,26,28,31,32]. The retrospective studies (n = 9) investigated injuries in the previous two weeks [39], previous season [41], previous year [45], during televised games [44] or all previous injuries [17,38,40,42]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Three (15%) studies focused on lower limb and back injuries [17,20,29], two lower limb only [30,35], one lower body non-contact injuries [33] and one only ankle injuries [25]. Of the retrospective studies, four (44%) investigated all injuries [39,[41][42][43]. One study investigated recurrent ankle injuries [38], one lower limb and back [17], one lower limb [40], one knee and ankle overuse [45] and one ACL injuries [44].…”

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“…In those studies that reported the injury site as a percentage of total netball injuries, the range of those percentages were as follows: ankle n = 19, range 13.3 to 84.3% [13, 16-18, 22, 26-30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40-43, 48]; knee n = 19, range 8.3 to 50.0% [3, 13, 16-19, 22, 26-30, 32, 36, 37, 40-42]. Injuries to the lower limb n = 8, ranged from 36.4 to 85.3% [6,8,16,20,23,31,52,54], and to the upper limb n = 11, ranged from 3.8 to 54.4% [6,8,16,18,23,31,36,41,48,52,54].…”

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“…Sixteen studies (34.8%) reported factors associated with the circumstances of injury (COI). Hopper [13] found that most severe injuries were due to slips or falls, which was one of the main circumstances of injury identified by nine studies [13,17,18,20,23,29,31,41,50]. The other main circumstances were landings [17, 27-29, 31, 36, 37, 41, 42, 44, 47], collisions/player contact [17,18,23,29,31,36,37,42,44,50], and being hit by the ball [23,31,36,44,50].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Injuries in Netball-A Systematic Review

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Background Netball is estimated to be played by more than 20 million people worldwide, but there is evidence of high injury incidence. A thorough understanding of the types and rates of netball injuries is essential for effective injury management and prevention strategies to be developed and implemented. This systematic review summarises the published findings with respect to injury types, participant characteristics and any identified risk factors for netball injuries. Methods A librarian-assisted computer search of seven scientific databases was conducted for studies reporting on netball injuries. Inclusion criteria were studies published in English, in peer-reviewed journals, which reported data on injuries and variables (e.g. age and competition level) that have been proposed as possibly associated with netball injury risk. Results Forty-six studies (43.5% prospective, 37% hospital/insurance records, 19.5% retrospective) from 45 articles were included after screening. The majority of studies (74%) were conducted in Australia or New Zealand. There was little consistency in the definition of ‘injury’. Elite or sub-elite level players were included in 69% of studies where the level of competition was reported. The duration of injury surveillance was generally related to the format of competition from which data were collected. Self-report questionnaires were used in 48% of studies and only 26% of studies used qualified health professionals to collect data courtside. Injuries to the ankle and knee were the most common (in 19 studies) although the incidence varied considerably across the studies (ankle 13–84% and knee 8–50% of injuries). Prevention of ankle and knee injuries should be a priority. Children sustained more upper limb injuries (e.g. fractures) compared with adults who sustained more lower limb injuries (e.g. ankle and knee sprains/strains). A large number of potential risk factors for injury in netball have been investigated in small numbers of studies. The main circumstances of injury are landings, collisions and falls. Conclusion Further studies should be directed towards recreational netball, reporting on injury incidence in players by age and utilising high-quality, standardised methods and criteria. Specific injury diagnosis and a better understanding of the circumstances and mechanisms of injury would provide more meaningful data for developing prevention strategies.

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Injuries in Netball-A Systematic Review

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The Applied Sports Science and Medicine of Netball: A Systematic Scoping Review

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Background Netball is the one of the most popular women’s sports in the world. Since gaining professional status in 2008 there has been a rapid growth in research in the applied sports science and medicine of the sport. A scoping review of the area would provide practitioners and researchers with an overview of the current scientific literature to support on-court performance, player welfare and reduce injury. Objective The primary objective was to identify the current research on the applied sports science and medicine of netball. Additionally, the article provides a brief summary of the research in each topic of sports science and medicine in netball and identifies gaps in the current research. Methods Systematic searches of PubMed, SPORTDiscus, MEDLINE and CINAHL were undertaken from earliest record to Dec 2020 and reference lists were manually searched. The PRISMA-ScR protocol was followed. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they investigated netball as a sport or the applied sport science and medicine of netball athletes. Results 962 studies were identified in the initial search, 150 of which met the inclusion criteria. Injury was the most highly investigated sport science and medicine topic (n = 45), followed by physical qualities (n = 37), match characteristics (n = 24), biomechanics (n = 15), psychology (n = 13), fatigue and recovery (n = 9), training load (n = 4) and nutrition (n = 3). A range of cohorts were used from school to elite and international standards. All cohorts were female netballers, except for one study. A rapid growth in studies over recent years was demonstrated with 65% of studies published in the last decade. There still remains gaps in the literature, with a low evidence base for nutrition, training load and fatigue and recovery. Conclusion This scoping review summarises the current evidence base and key findings that can be used in practice to enhance the applied sport science and medical support to netball athletes across a range of playing standards, and support the growth of the sport. It is evident that netball as a sport is still under-researched.

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