Swedish Olympic athletes report one injury insurance claim every second year: a 22-year insurance registry-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe injury incidence, time trends in injury incidence, and injury characteristics among Swedish Olympic athletes over 22 years based on insurance data, as a first step to inform injury preventive measures among Olympic athletes.

Methods

The cohort comprised 762 elite athletes (54% males; age 26.5 ± 5.9 years) in 38 sports in the Swedish Olympic Committee support program 'Top and Talent' between 1999 and 2020, with total 3427 athlete-years included. Acute and gradual onset injuries were reported to the insurance registry by the athletes' medical staff.

Results

A total of 1635 injuries in 468 athletes were registered. The overall injury incidence was 47.7 injuries/100 athlete-years (one injury per athlete every second year). An increasing trend in injury

SUBMITTER: Torvaldsson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10471666 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature