Screening tools that can predict ankle sprain and knee injury in team sports

Dallinga, J.M. (2012) Screening tools that can predict ankle sprain and knee injury in team sports. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.

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Abstract

Objective To find out whether previous injury, anthropometric, biomechanical and neuropsychological screening tools are able to predict the occurrence of an ankle sprain, acute knee injury or overuse knee injury in team sport athletes. Methods Sixty-nine elite basketball, volleyball and korfball athletes participated in this study. At baseline an injury history questionnaire was filled in by the athletes. Following this, anthropometric, biomechanical and neuropsychological screening tools were performed to identify risk factors. In the consecutive season injuries were reported by the team physiotherapists. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% Cis for included risk factors. Results Throughout the course of the season, 13 ankle sprains, 7 acute knee injuries and 11 overuse knee injuries were reported by sixty-nine athletes. Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that a previous acute knee injury was a significant risk factor for an acute knee injury (OR= 26.92, 95% CI 1.87-386.78, p = 0.02). Reaction time on two tests was a significant risk factor for overuse knee injury (OR= 0.98, 95% CI 0.97- 1.00, p = 0.02; OR= 1.02, 95% CI 1.00- 1.04, p = 0.01). A lower body fat percentage (BF%) was associated with the occurrence of an ankle sprain (OR= 0.86, 95% CI 0.74- 1.00, p = 0.04). Conclusion This study shows that athletes with a previous injury were at risk of developing an acute knee injury, a slower reaction time was related to a higher risk of an overuse knee injury and a lower BF% to an increased risk on ankle sprain. These findings presented here are preliminary and will need to be examined in future research involving larger samples over more than one season.

Item Type:	Thesis (Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Supervisor and Does, H.T.D. van der MSc and Benjaminse A.MSc. and Lemmink, Dr. K.A.P.M.
Faculty:	Medical Sciences
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2020 10:48
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2020 10:48
URI:	https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/904

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