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Cricket fast bowling workload patterns as risk factors for tendon, muscle, bone and joint injuries
- Source :
- British journal of sports medicine. 49(16)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objective To assess workload-related risk factors for injuries to particular tissue types in cricket fast bowlers. Design 235 fast bowlers who bowled in 14600 player innings over a period of 15 years were followed in a prospective cohort risk factor study to compare overs bowled in each match (including preceding workload patterns) and injury risk in the 3–4 weeks subsequent to the match. Injuries were categorised according to the affected tissue type as either: bone stress, tendon injuries, muscle strain or joint injuries. Workload risk factors were examined using binomial logistic regression multivariate analysis, with a forward stepwise procedure requiring a significance of Results High acute match workload and high previous season workload were risk factors for tendon injuries, but high medium term (3-month workload) was protective. For bone stress injuries, high medium term workload and low career workload were risk factors. For joint injuries, high previous season and career workload were risk factors. There was little relationship between muscle injury and workload although high previous season workload was slightly protective. Conclusions The level of injury risk for some tissue types varies in response to preceding fast bowling workload, with tendon injuries most affected by workload patterns. Workload planning may need to be individualised, depending on individual susceptibility to various injury types. This study supports the theory that tendons are at lowest risk with consistent workloads and susceptible to injury with sudden upgrades in workload. Gradual upgrades are recommended, particularly at the start of a bowler9s career to reduce the risk of bone stress injury.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis
Binomial regression
education
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Workload
Bone and Bones
Risk Factors
Tendon Injuries
Medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Prospective Studies
Risk factor
Prospective cohort study
health care economics and organizations
business.industry
Overtraining
Muscles
Track and Field
Australia
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Tendon
medicine.anatomical_structure
Athletic Injuries
Physical therapy
Sprains and Strains
Joints
business
Stress, Psychological
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14730480
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British journal of sports medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d46ec383d01481e68087e4d6bbcb78a7