Titre du document / Document title

Epidemiology and aetiology of marathon running injuries

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

FREDERICSON Michael ⁽¹⁾ ; MISRA Anuruddh K. ⁽²⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stanford University School of Medicine and Team Physician, Stanford University Cross-Country and Track Teams, Stanford, California, ETATS-UNIS
⁽²⁾ Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Over the last 10-15 years, there has been a dramatic increase in popularity of running marathons. Numerous articles have reported on injuries to runners of all experience, with yearly incidence rates for injury reported to be as high as 90% in those training for marathons. To date, most of these studies have been cohort studies and retrospective surveys with remarkably few prospective studies. However, from the studies available, it is clear that more experienced runners are less prone to injury, with the number of years running being inversely related to incidence of injuries. For all runners, it is important to be fully recovered from any and all injury or illness prior to running a marathon. For those with less experience, a graduated training programme seems to clearly help prevent injuries with special attention to avoid any sudden increases in running load or intensity, with a particularly high risk for injury once a threshold of 40 miles/week is crossed. In both sexes, the most common injury by far was to the knee, typically on the anterior aspect (e.g. patellofemoral syndrome). Iliotibial band friction syndrome, tibial stress syndrome, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis and meniscal injuries of the knee were also commonly cited.

Revue / Journal Title

Sports medicine   ISSN 0112-1642   CODEN SPMEE7 

Source / Source

Congrès
2006 World Congress on the Science and Medicine of the Marathon, Chicago , ETATS-UNIS (2006)
2007, vol. 37, n^o 4-5 (190 p.)  [Document : 3 p.] (10 ref.), pp. 437-439 [3 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Adis International, Auckland, NOUVELLE-ZELANDE  (1984) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Sport ; Running locomotion ; Trauma ; Prevention ; Etiology ; Athlete ; Human ; Sports medicine ; Lesion ; Marathon ; Epidemiology ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Sport ; Course ; Traumatisme ; Prévention ; Etiologie ; Sportif ; Homme ; Médecine sport ; Lésion ; Marathon ; Epidémiologie ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Deporte ; Carrera a pie ; Traumatismo ; Prevención ; Etiología ; Deportista ; Hombre ; Medicina deporte ; Lesión ; Maratón ; Epidemiología ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 21412, 35400014940325.0400