@article{ref1,
title="Using field-based tests to identify injury risk factors for fast bowlers in cricket",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="2008",
author="Dennis, R. J. and Finch, Caroline F. and McIntosh, Andrew S. and Elliott, Bruce C.",
volume="42",
number="6",
pages="477-482",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for injury to cricket fast bowlers using field-based tests. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: High performance Australian cricket. PARTICIPANTS: Ninety-one male adolescent and adult fast bowlers (aged 12 - 33 years). Assessment of risk factors: A field-based pre-participation screening, consisting of musculoskeletal, fitness and anthropometric assessments and analysis of bowling technique was undertaken. Bowlers were prospectively monitored over the 2003-04 season and bowling workload and injuries were recorded. Logistic regression was used to identify injury risk factors. Main outcome measurement: Repetitive microtrauma injury to the trunk, back or lower limb, associated with fast bowling. RESULTS: Two variables were identified as independent predictors of injury in the multivariate logistic regression analysis. Bowlers with hip internal rotation of </=30 degrees on the leg ipsilateral to the bowling arm were at a significantly reduced risk of injury (OR = 0.20, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.73) compared with bowlers with >40 degrees of rotation. Bowlers with an ankle dorsiflexion lunge of 12.1 - 14.0cm on the leg contralateral to the bowling arm were at a significantly increased risk (OR = 4.03, 95% CI 1.07 to 15.21), as compared with bowlers with a lunge of >14cm. Bowlers with a lunge of </=12cm were also at an increased risk, but not significantly so (OR = 1.38, 95% CI 0.40 to 4.84). CONCLUSIONS: Biomechanical research is needed to investigate how these two intrinsic risk factors increase injury risk, so that appropriate interventions can be developed.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="10.1136/bjsm.2008.046698",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2008.046698"
}