The Proportion of Lower Limb Running Injuries by Gender, Anatomical Location and Specific Pathology: A Systematic Review

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aut.relation.endpage31
aut.relation.issue1en_NZ
aut.relation.journalJournal of Sports Science and Medicineen_NZ
aut.relation.startpage21
aut.relation.volume18en_NZ
aut.researcherDrabsch, Julie
dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Pen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWhatman, Cen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSheerin, Ken_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHume, Pen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, MIen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T03:25:21Z
dc.date.available2021-11-30T03:25:21Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_NZ
dc.date.issued2019en_NZ
dc.description.abstractRunning is associated with a higher risk of overuse injury than other forms of aerobic exercise such as walking, swimming and cycling. An accurate description of the proportion of running injuries per anatomical location and where possible, per specific pathology, for both genders is required. The aim of this review was to determine the proportion of lower limb running injuries by anatomical location and by specific pathology in male and female runners (≥800m - ≤ marathon). The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines were followed for this review. A literature search was performed with no restriction on publication year in Web of Science, Scopus, Sport- Discus, PubMed, and CINAHL up to July 2017. Retrospective, cross-sectional, prospective and randomised-controlled studies which surveyed injury data in runners were included. 36 studies were included to report the overall proportion of injury per anatomical location. The overall proportion of injury by specific pathology was reported from 11 studies. The knee (28%), ankle-foot (26%) and shank (16%) accounted for the highest proportion of injury in male and female runners, although the proportion of knee injury was greater in women (40% vs. 31%). Relative to women, men had a greater proportion of ankle-foot (26% vs. 19%) and shank (21% vs. 16%) injuries. Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS; 17%), Achilles tendinopathy (AT; 10%) and medial tibial stress syndrome (MTS; 8%) accounted for the highest proportion of specific pathologies recorded overall. There was insufficient data to sub-divide specific pathology between genders. The predominate injury in female runners is to the knee. Male runners have a more even distribution of injury between the knee, shank and ankle-foot complex. There are several methodological issues, which limit the interpretation of epidemiological data in running injury.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Sports Science and Medicine (18), 21 - 31.
dc.identifier.issn1303-2968en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/14758
dc.publisherUniversity of Uludagen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.jssm.org/jssm-18-21.xml%3Eabst
dc.rights© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectRunning; Injury; Injury prevention; Epidemiology
dc.titleThe Proportion of Lower Limb Running Injuries by Gender, Anatomical Location and Specific Pathology: A Systematic Reviewen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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