Incidence and risk for traumatic and overuse injuries in top-level road cyclists
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Risiko und Häufigkeit für traumatische Verletzungen und Überlastungsschäden im Profisport bei Straßenradfahrern |
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Autor: | De Bernardo, Nieves; Barrios, Carlos; Vera, Pablo; Laíz, César; Hadala, Michal |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports sciences |
Veröffentlicht: | 30 (2012), 10, S. 1047-1053, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0264-0414, 1466-447X |
DOI: | 10.1080/02640414.2012.687112 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201402001015 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
All traumatic and overuse injuries occurring during an average period of 4 years (2002/09) in a group of 51 currently active road top-level cyclists were retrospectively registered through clinical interviews. Average age was 25.8 years. Average training and competition period was 28.3+2.4 h a week. Only 8 cyclists (15.6%) were completely free from lesions during the period of study. The remaining 43 cyclists suffered a total of 112 lesions; however, 9 out of these were unrelated to their cycling practice. These 103 cycling-related injuries include 50 (48.5%) traumatic and 53 (51.5%) overuse injuries. Twentyeight fractures were reported, the clavicle being the most frequently affected bone (11 cases). The 68.5% of overuse injuries were located in the lower limbs. Most overuse injuries (89.6%) occurred during the training period. According to the Injury Abbreviated Scale (AIS), severe lesions were only found in 4 cases (8% of traumatic injuries). Overall injury rates were 0.50 per racer/year, 2.02 per studied racer, and 0.007 per 1,000 km of training and competition. Active professional top-level cyclists are exposed to a high injury risk. According to the scarce previously published data the current study provides relevant information on the injury occurrence of still active top-level road cycling. Verf.-Referat