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Training, injuries and infections among elite orienteers
Author(s) -
Johannsen F.,
Stallknecht B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1993.tb00394.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foot (prosody) , ankle , physical therapy , orienteering , sports medicine , injury prevention , poison control , emergency medicine , surgery , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , history
Three years of registration of training, injuries, infections and stretching behaviour among national class orienteers is presented. Twenty‐three runners were included for a 1‐ to 3‐year period. Twenty‐eight male‐years and 27 female‐years were analysed. A total of 219 injuries and infections were registered: 55 (25%) acute injuries, 71 (32%) overuse injuries and 93 (42%) infections. Overuse injuries were found to be the major problem, as these injuries affected training for an average of 35 days per runner per year, compared with 7 days caused by acute injuries and 10 days caused by infections. The acute injuries were mainly direct traumas and ankle distorsions. Overuse injuries affecting die knee region were the most numerous, but rear foot injuries affected training the most. An increase in training load was found in the last weeks before overuse injuries and infections. Stretching could not be found to prevent injuries.