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December 10, 2013Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Analyses of Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships Injury and Illness Surveillance to Discuss Elite Athletes Risk Factors

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Population

1342 registered athletes at the 2012 European Athletics (EA) Championships in Helsinki, Finland

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

Duration of the championships

Authors

PÉPascal ÉdouardUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1FDFrédéric DepiesseInstitute Mutualiste MontsourisPBPedro BrancoInternational University of Monaco

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Overview

High injury incidence with hamstring predominance during elite championships; extends surveillance data but leaves open targeted prevention trials.

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Population
1342 registered athletes at the 2012 European Athletics (EA) Championships in Helsinki, Finland
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Outcome
Incidence and characteristics of new injuries and illnesses

During elite athletics championships, male gender, age over 30 years, and specific events (combined, middle- and long-distance) are risk factors for injury, with hamstring strains being the most common.

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Édouard et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a723637f44fa9f079dfc3ebhttps://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000000052
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