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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2023

Injury acknowledgement by reduction of sports load in world-leading athletics (track and field) athletes varies with their musculoskeletal health literacy and the socioeconomic environment.

Toomas Timpka, Kristina Fagher, Victor Bargoria, Christer Andersson, Jenny Jacobsson, Håkan Gauffin, Per-Olof Hansson, Paolo Emilio Adami, Stéphane Bermon, Örjan Dahlström

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Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Toomas TimpkaAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden toomas.timpka@liu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-5402
Kristina FagherAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-7553
Victor BargoriaAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Christer AnderssonAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Jenny JacobssonAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1551-1722
Håkan GauffinAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3565-4461
Per-Olof HanssonAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Paolo Emilio AdamiHealth and Science Department, World Athletics, Monte Carlo, Monaco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-5342
Stéphane BermonHealth and Science Department, World Athletics, Monte Carlo, Monaco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9529-2901
Örjan DahlströmAthletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3955-0443
Linköping University · SEBritish Athletics · GBUniversité Côte d'Azur · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAlthough injury burden prompts elite athletics (track and field) athletes to engage in injury management, little is known about their health literacy. We investigated musculoskeletal (MS) health literacy in world-leading athletics athletes and associations with prechampionship injury acknowledgement by reduction of training load in different socioeconomic environments.

methodsAdult and youth athletics athletes (n=1785) preparing for World Championships were invited to complete the Literacy in Musculoskeletal Problems instrument and report acknowledgement of injury by reduction in training load during prechampionship tapering. Their socioeconomic standing was estimated through the Human Development Index of their home country. Demographic differences were examined using χ

resultsComplete data were obtained from 780 athletes (43.7%) with 26% demonstrating sufficient MS health literacy, higher in adult (41%) than youth (13%) athletes (p<0.001). Adult athletes at the uppermost socioeconomic level showed higher MS health literacy than athletes at lower socioeconomic levels (p<0.001). At the uppermost socioeconomic level, adult athletes with sufficient MS health literacy had increased likelihood of acknowledging an injury by reduction in training load compared with peers demonstrating insufficient MS health literacy (OR=2.45; 95% CI 1.33-4.53). Athletes at middle socioeconomic levels with sufficient MS health literacy had decreased likelihood for acknowledging an injury during tapering (OR=0.29; 95% CI 0.11-0.78).

conclusionsThe prevalence of sufficient MS health literacy in world-leading athletics athletes is low. Associations between MS health literacy and injury acknowledgement in these athletes vary with the resourcefulness of the socioeconomic environment, implying that health literacy and resources for medical and performance support should be ascertained concurrently.

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Athletic InjuriesHealth LiteracyTrack and FieldAdolescentAdultAthletesHumansSocioeconomic Factorsathletes

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PMCPMC10359528
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