ProjectRun21: Do running experience and running pace influence the risk of running injury—A 14-week prospective cohort study

Camma Damsted; Erik Thorlund Parner; Henrik Sørensen; Laurent Malisoux; Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2018.08.014

ProjectRun21: Do running experience and running pace influence the risk of running injury—A 14-week prospective cohort study

Camma Damsted^*, Erik Thorlund Parner, Henrik Sørensen, Laurent Malisoux, Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen

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Objectives: The health benefits from participation in half-marathon is challenged by a yearly running-related injury (RRI) incidence proportion exceeding 30%. Research in injury etiology is needed to successfully prevent injuries. The body's load capacity is believed to play an essential role for injury development. Therefore, the purpose of ProjectRun21 was to investigate the association between load capacity defined as running experience and running pace, and RRI when following a specific half-marathon running schedule. Design: A 14-week prospective cohort study. Methods: A cohort of 784 healthy runners followed a specific half-marathon running schedule. Data on running activity was collected objectively using a Global-Positioning-System watch or smartphone. RRI were collected using e-mail-based weekly questionnaires. Primary exposures were running experience and running pace, dichotomized into a high and a low group for runners running less or more than 15 km/week and faster or slower than 6 min/km, respectively. Data was analyses through time-to-event models with cumulative risk difference (RD) as measure of association. Results: A total of 136 participants sustained a RRI during follow-up. Although not statistically significant, all estimates indicate a tendency toward fewer injuries amongst runners categorized as having high experience (RD = −11.3% (−27.2% to 4.6%)) or high pace (RD = −17.4% (−39.0% to 4.5%)), and a combination of both high experience and high pace (RD = −8.1% (−22.3% to 6.1%)) compared with their counterpart peers. Conclusions: Runners covering less than 15 km per week, and/or runs slower than 6 min/km, may sustain more RRI than their counterpart runners.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume	22
Issue	3
Pages (from-to)	281-287
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1440-2440
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.08.014
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

Keywords

Half-marathon
Running experience
Running pace
Running schedule
Running-related injury
Training load

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ProjectRun21: Do running experience and running pace influence the risk of running injury—A 14-week prospective cohort study. / Damsted, Camma; Parner, Erik Thorlund ; Sørensen, Henrik et al.
In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol. 22, No. 3, 03.2019, p. 281-287.

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