Higher frequency of hamstring injuries in elite track and field athletes who had a previous injury to the ankle ‐ a 17 years observational cohort study
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- Nikolaos Malliaropoulos
- William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Sports and Exercise Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London London UK
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- Georgios Bikos
- Euromedica Arogi Rehabilitation Clinic Thessaloniki Greece
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- Maria Meke
- Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic Thessaloniki Greece
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- Korakakis Vasileios
- Hellenic Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy Diploma Athens Greece
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- Xavier Valle
- Department de Cirurgia de la Facultat de Medicina at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Heinz Lohrer
- Department of Sport and Sport Science University of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
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- Nicola Maffulli
- William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Sports and Exercise Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London London UK
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- Nat Padhiar
- William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Sports and Exercise Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London London UK
説明
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Inversion injury to the ankle and hamstring injuries are common problems in most sports. It is not known whether these injuries constitute a predisposing factor or a precursor of injury or re‐injury of these anatomical locations. Therefore, we wished to test the hypothesis that a previous inversion ankle injury exerted a significant effect on the chance of an athlete suffering from a subsequent ipsilateral hamstring injury and vice versa.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>In an observational cohort study over 17 years (1998–2015), 367 elite track and field athletes, were grouped according to their first traumatic isolated ankle or hamstring injury. Fifty athletes experienced both injuries. The Mann‐Whitney U and Chi‐square tests (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> < 0.05) were performed to test possible associations of ankle and hamstring injury with age, gender, athletics discipline, grade, and type of antecedent injury.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Athletes with a preceding ankle injury had a statistically significantly higher chance of experiencing a subsequent hamstring injury compared with athletes who had experienced a hamstring injury as their first traumatic event (x<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> = 4.245, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.039). The proportion of both ankle and hamstring injury events was not statistically different between female (18%) and male (11%) athletes. Age and grade of injury did not influence the proportion of ankle and/or hamstring injury events.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>There is a statistically significantly higher frequency of hamstring injuries in elite track and field athletes having experienced a previous ankle ligament injury.</jats:p></jats:sec>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 11 (1), 2018-01
Wiley