Risk factors for acute and overuse sport injuries in Swedish children 11 to 15 years old: What about resistance training with weights?
To determine the 1-year self-reported incidence of overuse and traumatic sport injuries and risk factors for injuries in children participating in a summer sports camp representing seven different sports. 4363 children, 11 to 15 years old participating in a summer camp in seven different sports answered a questionnaire. Injury in this cross-sectional study was defined as a sport-related trauma or overload leading to pain and dysfunction preventing the person from participation in training or competition for at least 1 week. A number of risk factors for injury were investigated such as sex, age, number of hours spent on training in general, and on resistance training with weights. Nearly half [49%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 48-51%] of the participants had been injured as a result of participation in a sport during the preceding year, significantly more boys than girls (53%, 95% CI 50-55% vs 46%, 95% CI 43-48%; P < 0.001). Three factors contributed to increased incidence of sport injuries: age, sex, and resistance training with weights. Time spent on resistance training with weights was significantly associated with sport injuries in a logistic regression analysis. In children age 11 to 15 years, the risk of having a sport-related injury increased with age and occurred more often in boys than in girls. Weight training was the only modifiable risk factor that contributed to a significant increase in the incidence of sport injuries.
Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Clinical Department of Orthopedic Surgery, County Council of Östergötland, Norrköping, Sweden.|Division of Orthopedics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Divison of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Fredriksson
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping, Sweden.
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Clinical Department of Orthopedic Surgery, County Council of Östergötland, Norrköping, Sweden.|Division of Orthopedics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D055070:Resistance Training / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden
Sport injuries; adolescents; children; overuse injury; resistance training; sex; traumatic injury; weight training