Determinants of Sports Injury in Young Female Swedish Competitive Figure Skaters.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Although figure skating attracts several hundred thousand participants worldwide, there is little knowledge about physical health and sports injuries among young skaters. The present study aimed to describe the health status of a geographically defined Swedish population of licensed competitive figure skaters and to examine injury determinants. Methods: All licensed competitive skaters in the southeastern region of Sweden were in April 2019 invited to participate in a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire. Multiple binary logistic regression was used for the examination of injury determinants. The primary outcome measure was the 1-year prevalence of a severe sports injury episode (time loss >21 days). The secondary outcome measure was the point pre

SUBMITTER: Jederstrom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253259 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature