Health Problems in Danish Adolescent Handball Players: Findings From the One-Season Health and Performance Promotion in Youth Sport (HAPPY) Study of 945 Players Aged 11-17 Years.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to assess the in-season weekly average prevalence proportion, the incidence rate, and burden (the product of incidence rate and duration of injury in weeks) of health problems among Danish youth handball community players aged 11-17. In this 30-week prospective cohort study, players self-reported health problems, including all injuries and illnesses, regardless of time loss or medical attention, and handball exposure using weekly web-based surveys (OSTRC-H2). Sex differences were estimated using Poisson regression (incidence rates) and binomial regression (weekly average prevalence proportions) with clustered robust standard errors. We included 945 players (age: 14.5 ± 1.5 years; 55% female) from 20 clubs across Denmark. The response proportion to the weekly questionnaires was 63%

SUBMITTER: Larsen AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature