Trial reportPloS one2018
Diagnoses and time to recovery among injured recreational runners in the RUN CLEVER trial.
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- Electromyography patterns during running in injured versus healthy runners: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Novice and Recreational Runners: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Medial tibial stress syndrome.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2026Review
- Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Epidemiology, Biomechanics, and Risk Factors.Cureus · 2025Review
- Use of Running Equipment Predicts Running-Related Injury in Adult Runners: A Cohort Study of 7347 Runners From the Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome Score.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Predicting Tissue Loads in Running from Inertial Measurement Units.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Developing a diagnostic framework for patients presenting with Exercise Induced Leg Pain (EILP): a scoping review.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2023Article
- Changes to balance dynamics following a high-intensity run are associated with future injury occurrence in recreational runners.Frontiers in network physiology · 2023Article
- The Running Injury Continuum: A qualitative examination of recreational runners' description and management of injury.PloS one · 2023Article
- Running towards injury? A prospective investigation of factors associated with running injuries.PloS one · 2023Article
- A qualitative examination of the factors affecting the adoption of injury focused wearable technologies in recreational runners.PloS one · 2022Article
- How Precisely Can Easily Accessible Variables Predict Achilles and Patellar Tendon Forces during Running?Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The diagnosis and management of medial tibial stress syndrome : An evidence update.Der Unfallchirurg · 2020Review
- [The diagnosis and management of medial tibial stress syndrome : An evidence update-German version].Der Unfallchirurg · 2019Review
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the present study was to describe the incidence proportion of different types of running-related injuries (RRI) among recreational runners and to determine their time to recovery.
methodsA sub-analysis of the injured runners included in the 839-person, 24-week randomized trial named Run Clever. During follow-up, the participants reported levels of pain in different anatomical areas on a weekly basis. In case injured, runners attended a clinical examination at a physiotherapist, who provided a diagnosis, e.g., medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), Achilles tendinopathy (AT), patellofemoral pain (PFP), iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) and plantar fasciopathy (PF). The diagnose-specific injury proportions (IP) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using descriptive statistics. The time to recovery was defined as the time from the first registration of pain until total pain relief in the same anatomical area. It was reported as medians and interquartile range (IQR) if possible.
resultsA total of 140 runners were injured at least once leading to a 24-week cumulative injury proportion of 32% [95% CI: 26%; 37%]. The diagnoses with the highest incidence proportion were MTSS (IP = 16% [95% CI: 9.3%; 22.9%], AT (IP = 8.9% [95% CI: 3.6%; 14.2%], PFP (IP = 8% [95% CI: 3.0%; 13.1%]. The median time to recovery for all types of injuries was 56 days (IQR = 70 days). Diagnose-specific time-to-recoveries included 70 days (IQR = 89 days) for MTSS, 56 days (IQR = 165 days) for AT, 49 days (IQR = 63 days) for PFP.
conclusionThe most common running injuries among recreational runners were MTSS followed by AT, PFP, ITBS and PF. In total, 77 injured participants recovered their RRI and the median time to recovery for all types of injuries was 56 days and MTSS was the diagnosis with the longest median time to recovery, 70 days.
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