Prevalenca tekaških poškodb in povezava z izbranimi dejavniki tveganja

slovenian

2023

volume 71, issue 3/4

Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za šport

The aim of this paper was to investigate the incidence of injuries among runners in Slovenia and to examine whether selected habits (mainly regarding training) and characteristics of runners are associated with injuries. 205 subjects, 83 men and 122 women, participated in the survey-based research. We found that there were no gender differences in the incidence of injuries. Also, no associations were found between the occurrence of injuries and the category of training distance. The exception was lower back pain, which could be due to office work and not directly related to running. Lower limb injuries and lower back pain predominated. Running experience (years of training) and injury incidence were not related in our study. Resistance training has also not been found to reduce the incidence of injury. However, there were differences in the occurrence of pain in those doing interval training. Their implementation was associated with a higher incidence of shin and ankle/foot pain. Based on the findings, it would be reasonable to carry out several prospective studies in which certain training and physical variables would be specifically compared between different groups of runners.

06.11.2024