Injury risk factors in junior tennis players: a prospective 2-year study

The aim was to investigate injury risk factors in junior tennis players. Fifty‐five players, 35 boys and 20 girls, answered a questionnaire about training habits, time of exposure, previous injuries and equipment factors. A battery of clinical tests and functional performance tests were also carried...

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Published in:	Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 2012-02, Vol.22 (1), p.40-48
Main Authors:	Hjelm, N., Werner, S., Renstrom, P.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Athletes Athletic Injuries - etiology back pain Backache boys Child Children & youth Exercise extremities Female girls Humans Injuries Legs Logistic Models Lower Extremity - injuries Male Medicin och hälsovetenskap musculo-skeletal testing Musculoskeletal system Practice (Psychology) previous injury Prospective Studies Risk Factors sports Sports Equipment - adverse effects Sports injuries Sports related injuries Surveys and Questionnaires Tennis Tennis (players) Tennis - injuries Time Factors time of exposure Torso - injuries Training Upper Extremity - injuries Youth
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Summary:	The aim was to investigate injury risk factors in junior tennis players. Fifty‐five players, 35 boys and 20 girls, answered a questionnaire about training habits, time of exposure, previous injuries and equipment factors. A battery of clinical tests and functional performance tests were also carried out. All tennis‐related injuries that occurred during a 2‐year period were identified and recorded. An injury was defined as an injury if it was impossible to participate in regular tennis training or playing matches during at least one occasion, a time loss injury. Potential injury risk factors were tested in a forward stepwise logistic regression model for injury. Thirty‐nine players sustained totally 100 new and recurrent injuries. Injuries to the lower extremity were the most common ones (51%) followed by the upper extremity (24%) and the trunk (24%). Injured players performed more singles per week (P
ISSN:	0905-7188 1600-0838 1600-0838