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Sports injuries and illnesses in first-year physical education teacher education students
  1. Anne-Marie van Beijsterveldt1,
  2. Angelo Richardson1,
  3. Benjamin Clarsen2,
  4. Janine Stubbe1,3
  1. 1 Faculty of Sports and Nutrition, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  2. 2 Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Oslo, Norway
  3. 3 Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Anne-Marie van Beijsterveldt; a.m.c.van.beijsterveldt{at}hva.nl

Abstract

Background/aim We aimed to investigate the magnitude and characteristics of injuries and illnesses in Dutch physical education teacher education (PETE) students.

Methods During the first 21 weeks of the academic year, 245 first-year students registered their health problems online using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) Questionnaire on Health Problems.

Results A total of 276 injuries, 140 illnesses and 69 unclassified health problems were reported. We found an injury incidence rate of 11.7 injuries per 1000 hours (95% CI 10.4 to 13.2). Injury characteristics were: 42% overuse injuries, 62% causing absence from sports (median injury time loss=2 days) and 64% reinjuries. Most injuries were located at the knee, lower leg (anterior) and ankle. The duration of the illnesses was short (<1 week).

Summary and conclusions We implemented a new registration method in the PETE academic programme. The results show that the risk for health problems is high for PETE students. Prevention is necessary, and to decrease injuries prevention programmes should focus on the lower extremities.

  • Epidemiology
  • Injuries
  • Sport
  • Surveillance
  • Prospective

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000189

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    Footnotes

    • Acknowledgement The authors wish to thank Sander Bliekendaal, MSc, for his assistance in collecting the data.

    • Contributors All four authors have substantially contributed to conception and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.

    • Funding This study was funded by the Taskforce for Applied Research (SIA, reference number 2013-15-12P).

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Ethics approval The study protocol was approved by medical ethics committee of the Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre (AMC) and written consent was obtained from all participants.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.