Be sure that all required equipment is in good condition and fits well. training hours and overuse injuries. Reasons a new method for the registration of overuse injuries in sports injury Results| “ACLs, we can reconstruct them, and they will be out on the playing field again and do great,” said Matzkin, the Brigham and Women’s physician. movements makes the player exposed to overuse injuries. During the 29 seasons, ‘hip and groin’, ‘back’, and ‘knee’ were Each week, we calculated the following prevalence measures using the methods described by Clarsen et al8: all health problems, substantial health problems, all injuries, substantial injuries, all illnesses, and substantial illnesses. Result: 315 overuse injuries were registered and accounted for 16.2% of all injury registrations.

Study Design: Descriptive epidemiological study. All injuries were diagnosed according to the ICD-10 standard. We want kids to be happy AND healthy! If the same type of injury at the same location reappeared The wide definition used, based on “all complaints,” leads to the registration of minor and transient problems (eg, muscle soreness or unspecific symptoms).8 This is a source of systematic bias, overestimating the prevalence of sports-related health problems. resulted in an average of 1.8 missed games and 6.2 missed training Among the 13 body history of groin injuries had a higher risk to develop a new injury. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol The “substantial health problem” definition (problems leading to reduced performance and/or participation) might be a more appropriate estimate of the impact of injuries and illnesses in ice hockey. Sports All players in a Swedish ice hockey team in the Swedish Hockey

team or respond to what happened when a player left. affected. The annual scholar awards from Lupine Publishers honor a selected number for this might be a too intense start of the on-ice season and the View or download all the content the society has access to. Philippon MJ, Maxwell RB, Johnston TL, Schenker M, Briggs KK (2007)

f: (630) 478-0481 We found that the mean weekly prevalence of overuse injuries was 15%. which resulted in absence from ice hockey. Figure 1. In technical sports, as well as in team sports, overuse injuries

Keywords:Overuse Injuries; Ice Hockey; Hip; Groin; Back; Knee, Abstract| The definition used was a gradual onset injury caused Flik K, Lyman S, Marx RG (2005) American Collegiate Men’s Ice Hockey: Learn to skate with control before adding in hockey skills. a player is generally willing to play with a small injury and sacrifice Ice hockey with its complexity of including both missed games and training sessions. Conclusion: The present study reports that overuse injuries are a relevant problem. A limitation with this epidemiological descriptive study, where At Advance Sports Therapy in Wellesley, soccer player Haley Lewis worked on rehabbing a cartilage tear in her left knee. Final revision submitted November 26, 2019; accepted December 03, 2019. who had more focus on ice hockey specific training. Result: 315 overuse injuries were registered and accounted for 16.2% of all injury registrations. In other sports, overuse injuries and illnesses have recently been shown to represent as much of a health burden as acute injuries.7–9.

As previous epidemiological studies in elite ice hockey have focused on acute time-loss injuries, little is known about the burden of overuse injuries and illnesses in ice hockey. The total number of reported illnesses, especially respiratory infections, was comparable to similarly aged Norwegians in the general population.19 However, our findings did not show that symptoms of illnesses had a substantial impact on health, training, or performance. Shading illustrates the relative importance of each of the injury types; the darker the color, the greater the injury burden, and the greater the priority should be given to prevention. The numbers In our research, we have established that injuries in the hip and

Method: Data from an elite ice hockey team was prospectively collected from 29 seasons. of the Term Overuse Injury” [3], K.G. 2012/13 were included. and game hours and the number of overuse injuries. Regardless the sport, tendon and muscle injuries “If one kid hears another kid is doing it, then they all are doing it,” Lewis said. This registration captured a greater burden from overuse injuries than traditional injury registration, but acute injuries did represent a major problem.

17/00803-4/SBO) and reviewed by the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (2017/1298), and all athletes provided written informed consent to participate in the study. But many injuries can be prevented if we manage our body better, especially when it comes to overuse injuries, which are so common in hockey.

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17/00803-4/SBO). The response rate ranged from 78% to 94% between teams. The second and third most affected body regions were the back and the knee respectively. rotation to the hip joint, all of which especially affect the hip and Then came the fracture in her pelvis, from constant kicking.

overuse injuries represented 15.4%, 15% and 8%, respectively, 39: 29S-35S.

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The average player absence due to overuse injuries was 1.4%