Factors related to the incidence of running injuries. A review.

The term incidence is interpreted in many different ways in the literature. Running injury epidemiology should include denominator-based incidence rates, in which the number of new injuries observed during 1 year is related to the population of runners at risk. In 10 studies with denominator-based incidences selected from the literature, the annual incidence rates of injured runners vary from 24 to 65%.

Sports medical experiences from the International Flower Marathon for disabled wheelers.

Little is known about sports medical problems in long distance wheelchair athletes. Using a continuous monitoring system, we studied participants of a yearly wheelchair event lasting 1 week (International Flower Marathon). The aims were 1) to evaluate the medical problems in 40 athletes who took part in the 1986 edition and 2) to explore whether problems in previous editions (1984 and 1985) played a role in the decision to take part in 1986.

Occurrence of running injuries in adults following a supervised training program.

To study the occurrence of running-related injuries, a group of 115 volunteers were supervised in a training program. These subjects who had limited or no running experience were asked to keep a diary in which they registered information on the training program and injuries. Ultimately, 63% of the diaries fulfilled the criteria for inclusion into longitudinal analysis.

Pattern of injury in handball and comparison of injured versus noninjured handball players.

A questionnaire was sent to 300 members (at random) of the Dutch Handball Association (response: 76%) (1) to study the injuries involved in handball and the resulting medical attention and (2) to compare injured versus non-injured players with respect to sex, age, somatotype, and sports participation. Group A was defined as players taking part in handball only (62%); 38% also regularly took part in other sports (group B). The male/female ratio in group B was approximately 4 times larger than in group A.