Purpose To examine the effects of a progressive injury prevention(IP)program,embedded into school curriculum,on injury rates in young females.Methods One hundred and three physical education(PE)students[mean±SD;a...Purpose To examine the effects of a progressive injury prevention(IP)program,embedded into school curriculum,on injury rates in young females.Methods One hundred and three physical education(PE)students[mean±SD;age= 14.0±0.6 years;height= 162.6±5.8 cm;mass = 57.4±9.8 kg,intervention(INT)n = 53,control(CON)n = 50]from a girls'secondary school participated in this study.The INT group(competitive athletes)completed a 23-week(three phase)IP program whereas the CON group con-tinued normal PE class.An online questionnaire recorded training and competition exposure and self-reported injuries.Results The INT group reported significantly more weekly training and competition hours than the CON group(4.15±4.78 vs.2.19±3.22,P<0.001 training hours and 0.77±1.42 vs.0.55±1.10,P<0.001 competition hours).There was no differ-ence in any injury rate between the two groups.There was a significant reduction in injury rate between phase 1 and phase 3 of the IP program for the INT group[injury rate ratio = 0.63(95%CI = 0.41-0.96);P = 0.02].Injury rates in competition were higher than in training(40.1 and 36.3 injuries per 1000 h competition vs.13.7 and 9.5 injuries per 1000 h training).Conclusion Although there was no difference in injury rates between groups,the IP program did significantly reduce rates with-in the INT group over the duration of the school year and may be protective against increased injury incidence for young females engaged in competitive sports.展开更多
文摘Purpose To examine the effects of a progressive injury prevention(IP)program,embedded into school curriculum,on injury rates in young females.Methods One hundred and three physical education(PE)students[mean±SD;age= 14.0±0.6 years;height= 162.6±5.8 cm;mass = 57.4±9.8 kg,intervention(INT)n = 53,control(CON)n = 50]from a girls'secondary school participated in this study.The INT group(competitive athletes)completed a 23-week(three phase)IP program whereas the CON group con-tinued normal PE class.An online questionnaire recorded training and competition exposure and self-reported injuries.Results The INT group reported significantly more weekly training and competition hours than the CON group(4.15±4.78 vs.2.19±3.22,P<0.001 training hours and 0.77±1.42 vs.0.55±1.10,P<0.001 competition hours).There was no differ-ence in any injury rate between the two groups.There was a significant reduction in injury rate between phase 1 and phase 3 of the IP program for the INT group[injury rate ratio = 0.63(95%CI = 0.41-0.96);P = 0.02].Injury rates in competition were higher than in training(40.1 and 36.3 injuries per 1000 h competition vs.13.7 and 9.5 injuries per 1000 h training).Conclusion Although there was no difference in injury rates between groups,the IP program did significantly reduce rates with-in the INT group over the duration of the school year and may be protective against increased injury incidence for young females engaged in competitive sports.
