Workload and Noncontact Musculoskeletal Injury in Collegiate Swimmers: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Swimmers are known for experiencing high training loads and a high incidence of overuse injuries, but few researchers have investigated the relationship between the two at the collegiate level.

Objective

To determine the association between workload and noncontact musculoskeletal injury in collegiate swimmers.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

College natatorium.

Patients or other participants

A total of 37 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III swimmers, 26 uninjured (age = 19 years [interquartile range = 3 years], height = 175 ± 11 cm, mass = 70.2 ± 10 kg) and 11 injured (age = 19 years [interquartile range = 3 years], height = 173 ± 9 cm, mass = 69.4 ± 13.5 kg) individuals.

Main outcome measure(s)

Logistic regressi

SUBMITTER: Pollen TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature