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SynthesisBrazilian journal of physical therapy

Prevalence of overuse injuries in athletes from individual and team sports: A systematic review with meta-analysis and GRADE recommendations.

Manuella F Franco, Fernanda O Madaleno, Thaís M N de Paula, Thiago V Ferreira, Rafael Z Pinto, Renan A Resende

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Synthesis in Brazilian journal of physical therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manuella F FrancoDepartment of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Fernanda O MadalenoDepartment of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Thaís M N de PaulaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Thiago V FerreiraDepartment of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Rafael Z PintoDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Physical Education, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Renan A ResendeDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Physical Education, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: renan.aresende@gmail.com.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOveruse injuries result from the cumulative process of repetitive microtrauma and overload on the musculoskeletal system, which causes tissue damage. Therefore, these injuries may have long-term negative consequences that decrease an athlete's performance.

objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of overuse injuries in individual and team sports.

methodsSearches on MEDLINE, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, and CINAHL from the first registration to February 2021 and hand-searching identified studies investigating the prevalence of overuse injuries in athletes from individual and team sports. Meta-analysis was conducted and the GRADE system summarized the overall quality of evidence. This review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42019135665).

resultsSeventeen studies were included and pooling of 24 704 participants (22 748 of individual sports and 1.956 of team sports). Data from point- and period-prevalence of overuse injuries in individual and team sports were obtained. Pooled period-prevalence of overuse injuries in individual and team sports was 42.0% (95% CI: 30.0, 55.0) and 33.0% (95% CI: 21.0, 49.0), respectively. Another four studies investigated point-prevalence. The overall quality of evidence for the period-prevalence was of moderate quality. Sensitivity analyses suggested that different joints based in individual and team sports tended to increase the estimated prevalence of overuse injuries.

conclusionAthletes, clinicians, sport teams, and policymakers should be aware of the high prevalence of overuse injuries in athletes, especially, in athletes from individual sports. Current moderate-quality evidence shows that future high-quality studies are likely to impact on the estimated prevalence.

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Athletic InjuriesCumulative Trauma DisordersAthletesHumansPrevalenceTeam SportsAthletic injuriesCumulative trauma disorderData poolingEpidemiology

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PMID34039519
PMCPMC8536850
OpenAlexW3161193847

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