Full-Season Injury Epidemiology in TeamGym-A Prospective Cohort Study Involving 474 Gymnasts.

ABSTRACT: Team gymnastics (TeamGym), a sport primarily practiced by girls/women, has rapidly gained popularity among adolescents. Despite a high pain prevalence among gymnasts, comprehensive epidemiological studies on injuries are lacking. This study aimed to investigate injury incidence rates, both overall and by body region including information on time-loss and non-time-loss injuries, type and severity, in competitive TeamGym gymnasts aged 10-30 years. During a 10-month season (August 2021-June 2022), a cohort of 474 gymnasts (73% women) was prospectively followed through weekly text-message queries on injuries, time-loss (partial or full absence from training/competition due to an injury), and gymnastic training and competition exposure. Injuries were verified and categorized through standardize

SUBMITTER: Anker-Petersen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12434387 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature