Association of Training and Game Loads to Injury Risk in Junior Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Training and game loads are potential risk factors of injury in junior elite ice hockey, but the association of training and game loads to injuries is unknown.

Purpose

To investigate the association of chronic training and game loads to injury risk in junior male elite ice hockey players.

Study design

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.

Methods

In this prospective cohort study, we monitored all health problems among 159 male junior ice hockey players (mean age, 16 years; range, 15-19 years) at sports-specific high schools during the 2018-2019 school year. Players reported their health problems every week using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Questionnaire on Health Problems (OSTRC-H2). The number of training sessions and games was repo

SUBMITTER: Nordstrom A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9629576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature