Prevalence and severity of injuries and illnesses among university handball players: A prospective cohort study

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q1 REHABILITATION

Physical Therapy in Sport Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI:10.1016/j.ptsp.2025.03.009

Ayaka Takegami , Sonoko Mashimo , Suguru Ichihara , Satoru Nishida , Akira Ito , Hideaki Waki , Satoshi Hosoi , Naruto Yoshida

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Abstract

Objectives

To clarify the prevalence and severity of injuries and illnesses in university handball players.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Survey-based online questionnaire.

Participants

231 university handball players (109 males and 122 females) over 38 weeks.

Main outcome measures

Each participant completed the Japanese version of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems every Sunday. The main outcome measures were the average weekly prevalence of injuries and illnesses, duration, average weekly severity scores rated on a scale of 0–100 based on answers to four key questions, and cumulative severity scores.

Results

The average weekly prevalence was 27.4 % (95 % CI: 25.6–29.1 %) for injuries and 2.2 % (95 % CI: 1.6–2.8 %) for illnesses. Among injuries, traumatic injuries had higher average weekly severity scores (50.0 vs 32.0, p < 0.05) and cumulative severity scores per case (65.0 vs 42.0, p < 0.05) than overuse injuries. Conversely, overuse injuries lasted approximately 10 days longer than traumatic injuries (18 days vs 10 days, p < 0.05). Traumatic knee injuries and overuse shoulder injuries ranked the highest in prevalence, duration, and cumulative severity scores.

Conclusions

We found that, although overuse injuries were less severe than traumatic injuries, they interfered with handball activities for extended periods.

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大学手球运动员受伤和疾病的患病率和严重程度：一项前瞻性队列研究

目的了解高校手球运动员伤病的发生率及严重程度。前瞻性队列研究。设置基于调查的在线问卷。参与者是231名大学手球运动员（109名男性，122名女性），持续38周。主要结果测量每位参与者每周日完成奥斯陆运动创伤研究中心健康问题问卷的日文版。主要结果测量是每周平均受伤和疾病发生率，持续时间，每周平均严重程度评分（基于四个关键问题的答案，评分范围为0-100），以及累积严重程度评分。结果损伤的周平均患病率为27.4% (95% CI: 25.6 ~ 29.1%)，疾病的周平均患病率为2.2% （95% CI: 1.6 ~ 2.8%）。在损伤中，外伤性损伤的平均每周严重程度评分较高(50.0比32.0,p <；0.05)和每个病例的累积严重性评分(65.0 vs 42.0, p <；0.05)大于过度使用损伤。相反，过度使用损伤比外伤性损伤持续时间大约长10天(18天vs 10天，p <；0.05)。外伤性膝关节损伤和过度使用性肩部损伤在患病率、持续时间和累积严重程度评分上排名最高。结论：我们发现，虽然过度使用损伤比外伤性损伤严重，但它们对手球活动的干扰时间较长。

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Physical Therapy in Sport 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

8.30%

发文量

125

审稿时长

39 days

期刊介绍： Physical Therapy in Sport is an international peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for the publication of research and clinical practice material relevant to the healthcare professions involved in sports and exercise medicine, and rehabilitation. The journal publishes material that is indispensable for day-to-day practice and continuing professional development. Physical Therapy in Sport covers topics dealing with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of injuries, as well as more general areas of sports and exercise medicine and related sports science. The journal publishes original research, case studies, reviews, masterclasses, papers on clinical approaches, and book reviews, as well as occasional reports from conferences. Papers are double-blind peer-reviewed by our international advisory board and other international experts, and submissions from a broad range of disciplines are actively encouraged.