ArticleInternational journal of sports physical therapy2018
THE START-TO-RUN DISTANCE AND RUNNING-RELATED INJURY AMONG OBESE NOVICE RUNNERS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL.
Article in International journal of sports physical therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Running shoes for preventing lower limb running injuries in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Influence of a fatiguing exercise on lower limb electromyographic activities and co-contraction in overweight females during running.PloS one · 2025Article
- Running-Centred Injury Prevention Support: A Scoping Review on Current Injury Risk Reduction Practices for Runners.Translational sports medicine · 2025Review
- Runners with a high body mass index and previous running-related problems is a high-risk population for sustaining a new running-related injury: A 18-month cohort study.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- A Randomized Pilot Study Comparing the Impact of Strengthening-Based Running Training with Only Running on the Incidence of Running-Related Injuries among Novice Runners.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
background/purposeHigh body mass index is associated with an increased risk of running-related injury among novice runners. However, the amount of running participation plays a fundamental explanatory role in regards to running-related injury development. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate if the risk of running-related injury among obese novice runners (BMI 30-35) was different when the start-to-run distance was 3km per week instead of 6km per week. HYPOTHESIS: A start-to-run distance of 3km per week is associated with 20% fewer running-related injuries and significantly fewer symptoms of overuse injury than a start-to-run distance of 6km per week among obese novice runners. STUDY
designRandomized trial.
methodsFifty-six obese novice runners with a body mass index between 30-35 were enrolled and randomized to receive one of the two following Interventions: (i) a 4-week running program with a start-to-run distance of 3km per week including three sessions with 1km running per session (n=29), or (ii) a 4-week running program with a start-to-run distance of 6km per week including three sessions with 2km running per session (reference group, n=27). In both programs, the weekly running distance was increased by 10% each week throughout the follow-up.
resultsThe intention-to-treat analysis revealed a protective cumulative risk difference of -16.3% (95%CI: -43.8%; 11.3%, p=0.25) after four weeks. Importantly, some participants completed much more running than prescribed (n=5) and some never uploaded any training (n=15). Therefore, a supplementary per-protocol analysis was performed revealing a cumulative risk difference of -31.2% (95%CI: -57.0%; -5.2%, p=0.02) after four weeks. Furthermore, in the per-protocol analysis, the cumulative risk difference of overuse-injury symptoms was -47.8% (95%CI: -81.0%; -14.6%, p=0.01) after four weeks of running.
conclusionsA 3km reduction from 6km per week to 3km per week in the start-to-run distance appears to be associated with fewer running-related injuries and significantly fewer symptoms of overuse injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2b.
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