@article{ref1,
title="Sports injuries surveillance during the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2009",
author="Dvorak, Jiri and Mountjoy, Margo and Engebretsen, Lars and Renstrom, Per and Junge, Astrid and Alonso, Juan Manuel",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="26-32",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze all sports injuries incurred in competitions and/or training during the 2007 World Athletics Championships and to prove the feasibility of the injury surveillance system developed for the 2008 Olympic Games for individual sports. DESIGN: Prospective recording of injuries. SETTING: 11 IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2007 in Osaka, Japan. PARTICIPANTS: All national team physicians and physiotherapists; Local Organising Committee (LOC) physicians working in the Medical Centres at the stadium and warm-up area. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Frequency, characteristics, and incidence of injuries. RESULTS: 192 injuries were reported, resulting in an incidence of 97 injuries per 1000 registered athletes. More than half of the injuries (56%) were expected to prevent the athlete from participating in competition or training. Eighty percent affected the lower extremity; the most common diagnosis was thigh strain (16%). In most cases, the injury was caused by overuse (44%). A quarter of the injuries were incurred during training and 137 (71%) in competition. On average, 72.4 injuries per 1000 competing athletes were incurred in competitions. The incidence of injury varied substantially among the disciplines. The risk of a time-loss injury was highest in heptathlon, women's 10,000 m, women's 3000 m steeplechase, decathlon, and men's marathon. CONCLUSION: The injury surveillance system proved feasible for individual sports. Risk of injury varied among the disciplines, with highest risk in combined disciplines, steeplechase, and long-distance runs. Preventive interventions should mainly focus on overuse injuries and adequate rehabilitation of previous injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0b013e318191c8e7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0b013e318191c8e7"
}