TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Medical encounters (including injury and illness) at mass community-based endurance sports events: an international consensus statement on definitions and methods of data recording and reporting
JO  - British journal of sports medicine
A1  - Schwellnus, Martin
A1  - Kipps, Courtney
A1  - Roberts, William O.
A1  - Drezner, Jonathan A.
A1  - d'Hemecourt, Pierre
A1  - Troyanos, Chris
A1  - Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina
A1  - Killops, Jannelene
A1  - Borresen, Jill
A1  - Harrast, Mark
A1  - Adami, Paolo E.
A1  - Bermon, Stephane
A1  - Bigard, Xavier
A1  - Migliorini, Sergio
A1  - Jordaan, Esme
A1  - Börjesson, Mats
SP  - 1048
EP  - 1055
VL  - 53
IS  - 17
N2  - Mass participation endurance sports events are popular but a large number of participants are older and may be at risk of medical complications during events. Medical encounters (defined fully in the statement) include those traditionally considered 'musculoskeletal' (eg, strains) and those due to 'illness' (eg, cardiac, respiratory, endocrine). The rate of sudden death during mass endurance events (running, cycling and triathlon) is between 0.4 and 3.3 per 100 000 entrants. The rate of other serious medical encounters (eg, exertional heat stroke, hyponatraemia) is rarely reported; in runners it can be up to 100 times higher than that of sudden death, that is, between 16 and 155 per 100 000 race entrants. This consensus statement has two goals. It (1) defines terms for injury and illness-related medical encounters, severity and timing of medical encounters, and diagnostic categories of medical encounters, and (2) describes the methods for recording data at mass participation endurance sports events and reporting results to authorities and for publication. This unifying consensus statement will allow data from various events to be compared and aggregated. This will inform athlete/patient management, and thus make endurance events safer.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-3674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-100092
ID  - ref1
ER  -