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Prevalence of overuse injuries in athletes from individual and team sports: A systematic review with meta-analysis and GRADE recommendations
- Source :
- Braz J Phys Ther
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Overuse injuries result from the cumulative process of repetitive microtrauma and overload on the musculoskeletal system, which causes tissue damage. Therefore, these injuries may have long-term negative consequences that decrease an athlete's performance. Objective To estimate the prevalence of overuse injuries in individual and team sports. Methods Searches on MEDLINE, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, and CINAHL from the first registration to February 2021 and hand-searching identified studies investigating the prevalence of overuse injuries in athletes from individual and team sports. Meta-analysis was conducted and the GRADE system summarized the overall quality of evidence. This review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42019135665). Results Seventeen studies were included and pooling of 24 704 participants (22 748 of individual sports and 1.956 of team sports). Data from point- and period-prevalence of overuse injuries in individual and team sports were obtained. Pooled period-prevalence of overuse injuries in individual and team sports was 42.0% (95% CI: 30.0, 55.0) and 33.0% (95% CI: 21.0, 49.0), respectively. Another four studies investigated point-prevalence. The overall quality of evidence for the period-prevalence was of moderate quality. Sensitivity analyses suggested that different joints based in individual and team sports tended to increase the estimated prevalence of overuse injuries. Conclusion Athletes, clinicians, sport teams, and policymakers should be aware of the high prevalence of overuse injuries in athletes, especially, in athletes from individual sports. Current moderate-quality evidence shows that future high-quality studies are likely to impact on the estimated prevalence.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cumulative Trauma Disorders
MEDLINE
Microtrauma
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
CINAHL
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
High prevalence
biology
Athletes
business.industry
Rehabilitation
Grade system
Team Sports
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Meta-analysis
Athletic Injuries
Physical therapy
Systematic Review
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14133555
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1eb558d40254435ed75c439a3aeb4aff