@article{ref1,
title="Validity of injury self-reports by novice runners: comparison with reports by sports medicine physicians",
journal="Research in sports medicine",
year="2019",
author="Smits, Dirk-Wouter and Backx, Frank and van der Worp, Henk and van Middelkoop, Marienke and Hartgens, Fred and Verhagen, Evert and Kluitenberg, Bas and Huisstede, Bionka",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="72-87",
abstract="This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 46 ± 11 yrs) of the &quot;Start-to-Run&quot; program provided self-reports on their RRIs using an online questionnaire. Subsequently, they attended injury consultations with sports medicine physicians who provided physician-reports (blinded for the self-reports) as a reference standard. Self-reports and physician-reports included information on injury location (i.e., hip/groin, upper leg, knee, lower leg, and ankle/foot) and injury type (i.e., muscle-tendon unit, joint, ligament, or bone). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were 100% for all five injury locations. For injury type, sensitivity was low (66% for muscle-tendon unit, 50% for ligament, and 40% for bone) and lowest for joint injuries (17%). In conclusion, the validity of self-reported RRIs by novice runners is good for injury locations but not for injury types. In particular for joint injuries, the validity of novice runners' self-reports is low. ABBREVIATIONS: RRI: Running Related Injury; SMC: Sports Medicine Centre; MTU: Muscle Tendon Unit; PPV: Positive Predictive Value.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-8627",
doi="10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399"
}