Higher frequency of hamstring injuries in elite track and field athletes who had a previous injury to the ankle - a 17 years observational cohort study
Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos (London, UK)
Bikos, Georgios (Euromedica Arogi Rehabilitation Clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Meke, Maria (Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Vasileios, Korakakis (Hellenic Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy Diploma, Athens, Greece)
Valle, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Cirurgia)
Lohrer, Heinz (Department of Sport and Sport Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
Maffulli, Nicola (Salerno, Italy)
Padhiar, Nat (London, UK)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Inversion injury to the ankle and hamstring injuries are common problems in most sports. It is not known whether these injuries constitute a predisposing factor or a precursor of injury or re-injury of these anatomical locations. Therefore, we wished to test the hypothesis that a previous inversion ankle injury exerted a significant effect on the chance of an athlete suffering from a subsequent ipsilateral hamstring injury and vice versa. In an observational cohort study over 17 years (1998-2015), 367 elite track and field athletes, were grouped according to their first traumatic isolated ankle or hamstring injury. Fifty athletes experienced both injuries. The Mann-Whitney U and Chi-square tests (p < 0. 05) were performed to test possible associations of ankle and hamstring injury with age, gender, athletics discipline, grade, and type of antecedent injury. Athletes with a preceding ankle injury had a statistically significantly higher chance of experiencing a subsequent hamstring injury compared with athletes who had experienced a hamstring injury as their first traumatic event (x 2 = 4. 245, p = 0. 039). The proportion of both ankle and hamstring injury events was not statistically different between female (18%) and male (11%) athletes. Age and grade of injury did not influence the proportion of ankle and/or hamstring injury events. There is a statistically significantly higher frequency of hamstring injuries in elite track and field athletes having experienced a previous ankle ligament injury.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Ankle injuries ; Hamstring injuries ; Track and field athletes ; Sports injuries
Published in:	Journal of foot and ankle research, Vol. 11 (february 2018) , ISSN 1757-1146

DOI: 10.1186/s13047-018-0247-4
PMID: 29492109

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