Epidemiology and Factors Influencing Davis Cup Retirements Over the Past Twenty Years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The demands of professional tennis, including physical and psychological aspects, contribute to the frequency of retirements at elite levels of the sport.

Purpose

The aim of this study was to explore the frequency of injuries and the factors that influence the retirements of professional tennis players competing in the Davis Cup over the last two decades.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

The data set includes data from 6,060 men's singles matches that included 1,814,141 games from Davis Cup ties played between 2000 to 2019. Factors that might influence the retirements were studied by means of generalized linear models using Poisson distribution. Incidence rates by 1000 games and incidence rate ratios of retirements are provided as ass

SUBMITTER: Casals M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534158 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature