Injury profile in CrossFit practitioners: Prevalence and associated factors during a year of sports practice
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-2950/21019929012022PTKeywords:
Sport, Epidemiology, CrossFit, InjuriesAbstract
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of injuries in CrossFit practitioners and the influence of sports practice and demographic characteristics on these injuries. A retrospective cohort study was carried out with 180 CrossFitÒ practitioners who answered a questionnaire with demographic characteristics (age, body mass, height, and sex), sports characteristics (number of years practicing CrossFitÒ; training frequency, duration, and load; and, practice of other sports), and presence of any injury suffered and its characteristics (number of injuries, body segment, and type of injury). The Mann-Whitney U test investigated the difference in continuous variables between those with and without injury history. The chi-square test and Fisher exact tests investigated the association between categorical variables and the presence or not of injury over the last year. The chi-square goodness-of-fit investigated if the observed frequency of injuries per body part and type differed from the expected one. The injury prevalence was 63%. Participants with a history of injury showed a shorter time of sports practice. The presence of injury history was associated with lower week and daily training frequency, shorter training duration, and Scale training program. The injury frequency on the shank, knee, lumbar spine, shoulder, and wrist, and the muscle and tendon type was greater than expected. The other variables were not different between groups or associated with the injury presence. Thus, most participants presented injury over the last year, influenced by sports practice characteristics but not by demographic characteristics
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