dc.contributor.author | Palmer, Debbie | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooper, Dale J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Emery, Carolyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Batt, Mark E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Engebretsen, Lars | |
dc.contributor.author | Scammell, Brigitte E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schamasch, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Shroff, Malav | |
dc.contributor.author | Soligard, Torbjørn | |
dc.contributor.author | Steffen, Kathrin | |
dc.contributor.author | Whittaker, Jackie L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Budgett, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-01T16:37:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-01T16:37:58Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020-10-22T11:19:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020, 55(1), 46-53. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0306-3674 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2725677 | |
dc.description | Free BMJ article. No commercial re-use. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Describe the self-reported prevalence and nature of Olympic-career injury and general health and current residual symptoms in a self-selected sample of retired Olympians.
Methods: 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries completed a cross-sectional online survey, distributed by direct email through World Olympians Association and National Olympian Associations databases. The survey captured Olympic sport exposure, significant training and competition injury history (lasting >1 month), general health (eg, depression) during the athlete's career, and current musculoskeletal pain and functional limitations.
Results: 55% were men (44% women, 1% unknown), representing 57 sports (42 Summer, 15 Winter), aged 44.7 years (range 16-97). A total of 3746 injuries were self-reported by 2116 Olympians. This equated, 63.0% (women 68.1%, men 59.2%) reporting at least one significant injury during their Olympic career. Injury prevalence was highest in handball (82.2%) and lowest in shooting (40.0%) for Summer Olympians; and highest in alpine skiing (82.4%) and lowest in biathlon (40.0%) for Winter Olympians. The knee was the most frequently injured anatomical region (20.6%, 120 median days severity), followed by the lumbar spine (13.1%, 100 days) and shoulder/clavicle (12.9%, 92 days). 6.6% of Olympians said they had experienced depression during their career. One-third of retired Olympians reported current pain (32.4%) and functional limitations (35.9%).
Conclusions: Almost two-thirds of Olympians who completed the survey reported at least one Olympic-career significant injury. The knee, lumbar spine and shoulder/clavicle were the most commonly injured anatomical locations. One-third of this sample of Olympians attributed current pain and functional limitations to Olympic-career injury. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.subject | athlete | en_US |
dc.subject | health | en_US |
dc.subject | injury | en_US |
dc.subject | injury prevention | en_US |
dc.subject | olympics | en_US |
dc.title | Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: A cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018 | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 9 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 55 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | British Journal of Sports Medicine | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101772 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1841414 | |
dc.description.localcode | Institutt for idrettsmedisinske fag / Department of Sports Medicine | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |