[RESEARCH] Risk of Running Injuries

Risk of Running Injuries

Desai et al. (2021) investigated the cumulative incidence proportion and the most common anatomical locations of running-related injuries in recreational runners and associations between running-related injuries with previous injury.

Running experience.

Weekly running distance.
Age.
Gender.
Body mass index (BMI).

Methods:

224 recreational runners with an average of 15km weekly running distance for the past 12 months.
89 women.
135 men.

Pain information was reported weekly for one year and all running-related injuries with time-loss or requiring medical consultation were recorded.

Results:
The one-year cumulative incidence proportion of running-related injuries was 46%.

The most common injuries involved:

Knees (20 of 75, 27%).
Achilles tendon/calf (19 of 75, 25%).

Previous injury was associated with a higher injury rate, while the other variables had no statistically significant association with injury.

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Conclusion

There were 75 running-related injuries during the one-year surveillance period for a cumulative incidence proportion of 46%. Recreational runners with a previous injury were twice as likely to sustain a running-related injury than runners with no previous injury.

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SOURCES:

Desai et al. 2021. Recreational Runners With a History of Injury Twice as Likely to Sustain a Running-Related Injury Than Runners With No History of Injury: A One-Year Prospective Cohort Study
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, Epub 25 Dec 2020. doi:10.2519/jospt.2021.9673

Dalton Urrutia, MSc PT

Dalton is a Physical Therapist from Oregon, currently living and running the performance physiotherapy clinic he founded in London for Grapplers and Strength & Conditioning athletes. Dalton runs the popular instagram account @physicaltherapyresearch, where he posts easy summaries of current and relevant research on health, fitness, and rehab topics.

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