Sex differences in injury during top-level international athletics championships: surveillance data from 14 championships between 2007 and 2014

Abstract

Injury risk during international athletics championships differed between female and male athletes for location, type and event groups. Injury prevention strategies should be sex-specific, regarding the differences in injury location and type.

Gymnastics injury incidence during the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games: analysis of prospectively collected surveillance data from 963 registered gymnasts during Olympic Games

“…The fact that this mean age seems lower than that reported for all sports during the 2008 OG (26±5 years)25 or during international athletics championships (26±4 years),28 is in favour of our hypothesis that gymnastics injuries involve young gymnasts.…”

“…These preliminary results and their limitations support the value of running injury surveillance studies during international competitions (gymnastics continental and world championships) as is done with football,30 athletics28 and aquatics 29. In addition, pre-participation health questionnaires would be relevant for such injury surveillance29 35 since 10%–20% gymnasts present injury complaints at some time during a season,6 and this would provide vital information regarding any injuries occurring in the month preceding a championship and so better understand injury risks during international competitions.…”

“…In comparison to other individual sports and data available from international Championships using a similar injury surveillance system,24 the overall gymnastic injury incidence was also lower than those during athletics28 or aquatic29 championships.…”

Do Functional Movement Screen (FMS) composite scores predict subsequent injury? A systematic review with meta-analysis

“…There were insufficient similarities in clinical (age, sex and sport) and methodological diversity (injury definition) to conduct meta-analysis of studies in the ‘Sport’ subgroup; however, there were three studies of military cohorts with sufficient similarity to conduct meta-analysis in the ‘Military/Police subgroup (see online supplementary table S1). Data from the female cohort of Coast Guard cadets47 were not pooled with data from the male cohort in the meta-analysis on the basis that injury risk, rate and characteristics may differ between men and women 48. Meta-analysis using a random-effects model for the strength of association (RR) between dichotomised FMS composite score (cut-point 14 out of 21) and subsequent musculoskeletal injury resulted in a pooled RR=1.47 (95% CI 1.22 to 1.77, p<0.0001) and was associated with ‘moderate’ statistical heterogeneity; see figure 3.…”

Injury and illness in aquatic sport: how high is the risk? A comparison of results from three FINA World Championships

“…This suggests that gender is not a risk factor for injury or illness in aquatic disciplines5 7 8 unlike in sports such as athletics23 or football,24 where males have an overall increased injury incidence. In aquatics, the high-risk group comprises older athletes competing in HD, WP and DIV.…”