ArticleInternational journal of sports physical therapy2019
INJURY INCIDENCE IN COMPETITIVE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIERS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.
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- Incidence of injuries in professional snow sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
- Fracture distribution in cross-country skiing accidents: an observational study from the Swedish Fracture Register.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Observational
- Lower Extremity Injuries in Elite Snowsport Athletes: A Retrospective Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Injuries among students combining academic studies and elite sports.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Snow sports-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injury and illness in sports.British journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Winter Sports Injuries in Elite Female Athletes: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- School's out for summer-Differences in training characteristics between adolescent biathletes of different performance levels.PloS one · 2023Article
- Relationship of Training Factors and Resilience with Injuries in Ski Mountaineers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Health problems in national team cross-country skiers over a competitive season: a 17-week prospective cohort study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
- Influence of Surveillance Methods in the Detection of Sports Injuries and Illnesses.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
background/purposeEndurance sports, including cross-country skiing, require long hours of repetitive training potentially increasing the chance of injury, yet injury incidence and risk factors for adult cross-country skiers remain relatively unexplored. Data for elite adult north American competitive cross-country skiers is unexplored. A 12 month prospective surveillance study was undertaken to calculate the injury incidence and exposure of cross-country skiers. Injuries by anatomic location and mechanism of injury were calculated. Further, the relationships between new injury and the participant's demographics and physical assessment parameters were examined. The aims of this study were to determine the injury incidence and any risk factors for injury in elite adult north American cross-country skiers.
methodsElite cross-country skiers (35 men, 36 women) self-reported demographics, injury history, and injury and training surveillance monthly over 12 months.
resultsOverall, 58% of participants (18 men, 23 women) completed the study, and reported 3.81 injuries per 1,000 training/exposure hours. Over 12-months, lower extremity injury incidence (2.13) was higher than upper extremity (0.46) and trunk injury incidence (0.22) (p < 0.05). Non-traumatic/overuse injury incidence (2.76) was higher than acute injury incidence (1.05) (p < .05). Non-ski-season injury incidence (5.25) was not statistically higher than ski-season injury incidence (2.27) (p = 0.07). New injuries were positively correlated with previous injury (p < 0.05), but not with any other variables (p > 0.05).
conclusionIn this year-long monthly survey of injuries and training load in elite adult north American cross-country skiers, new injuries were positively correlated with previous injury. Lower extremity, and non-traumatic/overuse injuries had the highest incidence rates. There was no significant correlation between new injuries and physical assessment parameters or training load. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3, Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.
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