A Survey of Overuse Running Injuries
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Vol. 9 (5) , 47-58
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1981.11711077
Abstract
In brief: This retrospective survey of the clinical records of 1,650 patients seen from 1978 to 1980 identified 1,819 injuries. Almost 60% of the patients were men, but women under age 30 had the greatest risk of overuse running injuries. The knee was the most commonly injured site, and patellofemoral pain syndrome was the most common injury. Most patients had moderate to severe degrees of varus alignment and subsequent overpronation. Because certain injuries were more frequent in one sex or the other, the authors say future studies should differentiate injuries by sex.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Injuries to runnersThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1978