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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2025

Combinations of psychological and physical risk factors for sport injuries in youth floorball players: a latent profile analysis.

Sofia Levin, Taru Tervo, Andreas Ivarsson, Martin Hägglund, Andreas Stenling

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Sofia LevinDepartment of Psychology, Umeå University, Umea, Västerbotten, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0007-8263-6991
Taru TervoUmeå School of Sports Sciences, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0871-5767
Andreas IvarssonSchool of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.
Martin HägglundDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6883-1471
Andreas StenlingDepartment of Psychology, Umeå University, Umea, Västerbotten, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0834-1040

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Objectives: Sport injuries in youth sports are common, and holistic predictive approaches have been called for to better understand how combinations of risk and protective factors contribute to injury occurrence. This study utilises a person-centred approach to identify how combinations of psychological and physical factors are associated with injuries in youth floorball players. Methods: At season start, 222 youth athletes conducted physical field tests and measures of self-reported mental health and demographics. Postseason, participants reported any sustained acute or overuse injuries during the season. Latent profile analysis, using psychological (anxiety and depression) and physical (field test performance) factors, such as input variables, was employed to identify risk profiles. Covariate analysis was conducted with demographic predictors of profile membership. Finally, sport injury occurrence was compared between profiles. Results: Three profiles were identified: 'Moderate mental health/high physical performance' (profile 1, n=101), 'Very low mental health/average physical performance' (profile 2, n=49) and 'High mental health/low physical performance' (profile 3, n=72). Athletes injured at baseline were less likely to belong to profile 1. Profile 1 had higher injury occurrence than profile 2 (OR=3.63, 95% CI (1.34 to 9.81)) and profile 3 (OR=2.63, 95% CI (1.06 to 6.47)) during the season. Conclusion: Our results indicate that players in the profile characterised by moderate mental health and high physical performance (profile 1) at the start of the season, reported the highest injury occurrence during the season (based on retrospective injury reporting). Future studies should explore factors that can explain this relationship, such as engagement in risk situations, load and recovery.

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