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Association of Training and Game Loads to Injury Risk in Junior Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Cohort Study.
- Source :
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine; Oct2022, Vol. 10 Issue 10, p1-8, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Training and game loads are potential risk factors of injury in junior elite ice hockey, but the association of training and game loads to injuries is unknown. Purpose: To investigate the association of chronic training and game loads to injury risk in junior male elite ice hockey players. Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we monitored all health problems among 159 male junior ice hockey players (mean age, 16 years; range, 15-19 years) at sports-specific high schools during the 2018-2019 school year. Players reported their health problems every week using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Questionnaire on Health Problems (OSTRC-H2). The number of training sessions and games was reported for 33 weeks. We calculated the previous 2-week difference in training/game loads as well as the cumulative training/game loads of the previous 2, 3, 4, and 6 weeks and explored potential associations between training/game loads and injury risk using mixed-effects logistic regression. Results: The players reported 133 acute injuries, 75 overuse injuries, and 162 illnesses in total, and an average of 8.8 (SD ±3.9) training sessions and 0.9 (SD ± 1.1) games per week. We found no association between the difference of the two previous weeks or the previous 2- 3- and 4-week cumulative, training or game load and acute injuries, nor the difference of the two previous weeks, or the previous 4- and 6-week cumulative, training or game load and overuse injuries (OR, ∼1.0; P >.05 in all models). Conclusion: In the current study of junior elite ice hockey players, there was no evidence of an association between cumulative exposure to training/game loads and injury risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23259671
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159974775
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671221129646