Dietary habits and knee and shoulder injury incidence in adolescent male and female handball players: the Swedish Handball Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the association between (1) dietary habits and knee/shoulder injury incidence in male and female adolescent handball players and (2) menstrual dysfunction and injury incidence in females.

Methods

This study is based on seasons 2020-2022 of the Swedish Handball Cohort including 1144 participants (1703 player seasons) free from a substantial knee and shoulder injury. Participants self-reported meal frequency, meal timing, nutritional intake and menstrual function (season 2022/2023) at baseline. Weekly follow-ups throughout the season assessed training and matches, and substantial knee/shoulder injuries. Cox regression analyses estimated a hazard rate ratio (HRR) with the first event of a knee/shoulder injury (combined), with minutes of handball training an

SUBMITTER: Onell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11934375 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature