Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine if measurable lower extremity alignment is a risk factor for overuse running injuries. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Thirty-two week marathon training program. PATIENTS OR PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred fifty-five volunteers from the marathon training program began the study; 255 finished the study. INTERVENTIONS: None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Past training and injury history was determined by questionnaire, and five lower extremity alignment measures were performed at the beginning of the training program: arch index (AI), heel valgus (HV), knee tubercle-sulcus angle ( TSA), knee varus (KV), and leg-length difference (LLD). Overuse injuries, incurred by the runners and categorized by anatomic parts, were recorded during the training period. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Minor variations in lower extremity alignment do not appear conclusively to be major risk factors for overuse injuries in runners. Because of the study limitations and the likely multifactorial nature of running injuries, further study is suggested, perhaps in more novice runners.
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Authors | D Y Wen, J C Puffer, T P Schmalzried |
Journal | Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
(Clin J Sport Med)
Vol. 8
Issue 3
Pg. 187-94
(Jul 1998)
ISSN: 1050-642X [Print] United States |
PMID | 9762477
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Athletic Injuries
(physiopathology)
- Biomechanical Phenomena
- Female
- Humans
- Leg
(physiology)
- Male
- Multivariate Analysis
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Running
(injuries, physiology)
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