<![CDATA[Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy - Anne-Maree Keenan, BAppSc(Pod),MappSc]]> http://www.jospt.org/annemareekeenan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:05:25 EST 0 Factors Associated With Triathlon-Related Overuse Injuries http://www.jospt.org/issues/articleID.179/article_detail.asp Joshua Burns, Anne-Maree Keenan, Anthony C. Redmond
Study Design: Descriptive correlational investigation. Objectives: To assess the incidence of, and potential risk factors associated with, overuse injury in triathlon. Background: The sport of triathlon is rapidly increasing in popularity with a concomitant rise in the prevalence of injuries sustained by triathletes. Methods and Measures: The training and injury patterns of 131 triathletes were surveyed over a 10-week prospective period during the triathlon competition season. A complementary retrospective 6-month analysis of training history and prior overuse injuries was conducted. Results: Fifty percent of triathletes sustained an injury in the 6-month preseason at an injury exposure rate of 2.5 per 1000 training hours. Thirty-seven percent were injured during the 10-week competition season at an injury exposure rate of 4.6 per 1000 training hours. Overuse accounted for 68% of preseason and 78% of competition season injuries reported. Increased years of triathlon experience, high running mileage, history of previous injury, and inadequate warming-up and cooling-down regimes appeared to have individual associations with injury incidence. When interactions were included in a multiple logistic regression model, increasing years of triathlon experience was the most significant predictor of preseason injury risk and a previous history of injury and high preseason running mileage increased the risk of injury during the competition season. Conclusions: The results indicate that in assessing triathletes, a full training and competition history is required by the sports clinician for a comprehensive assessment of the factors that may contribute to overuse injury.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2003; 33(4):177-184.

Key Words: musculoskeletal injury, running, training, triathlete

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