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Article

One in Five Trail Running Race Entrants Sustained an Injury in the 12 Months Training Period before the 2021 Mac Mac Ultra Race

by
Mignette Jooste
1,*,
Dina C. Janse van Rensburg
2,
Volker Scheer
3,
Audrey Jansen van Rensburg
2,
Dimakatso Ramagole
2,
Tanita Botha
4 and
Carel Viljoen
1,3
1
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
2
Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
3
Ultra Sports Science Foundation, 69310 Pierre-Benite, France
4
Department of Statistics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(17), 9586; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179586
Submission received: 21 July 2023 / Revised: 18 August 2023 / Accepted: 18 August 2023 / Published: 24 August 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sport Injury Prevention)
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Background: Trail running is characterised by large elevation gains/losses and varying uneven running surfaces. Limited literature is available to help guide injury prevention strategies among trail runners. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and related risk factors for running-related injuries (RRIs) amid trail runners who entered the 2021 Mac Mac Ultra races. Methods: Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: 2021 Mac Mac Ultra Race. Participants: Consent for data analysis was given by 251 of 330 (76%) race entrants. Main outcome measures: Point prevalence (%), frequency (n, %), retrospective annual incidence (RRIs/100 athlete-years), characteristics (pathology type, tissue type, body area, anatomical region), and associated injury risk factors (training and demographic variables) of RRIs. Results: In the sample, the retrospective annual incidence was 19.92/100 athlete-years. The point prevalence was 4%. Injuries mostly appeared in the lower limb (95%), with the lower leg (26%), thigh (22%), ankle and foot (13%) described as the highest injured body areas. Of tissue type injuries, muscle/tendon comprised 60%. Muscle injury (36%), tendinopathy (24%), and joint sprain (9%) were the most reported pathology types. No related injury risk factors were discovered in this study. Conclusions: One in five trail runners reported one or more RRI during the 12 months before a competitive event. RRIs commonly involved the lower limb, especially the lower leg, thigh, foot, and ankle. More studies are needed to establish injury risk factors.
Keywords: running-related injuries; clinical characteristics; trail running; epidemiology running-related injuries; clinical characteristics; trail running; epidemiology

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Jooste, M.; Janse van Rensburg, D.C.; Scheer, V.; Jansen van Rensburg, A.; Ramagole, D.; Botha, T.; Viljoen, C. One in Five Trail Running Race Entrants Sustained an Injury in the 12 Months Training Period before the 2021 Mac Mac Ultra Race. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9586. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179586

AMA Style

Jooste M, Janse van Rensburg DC, Scheer V, Jansen van Rensburg A, Ramagole D, Botha T, Viljoen C. One in Five Trail Running Race Entrants Sustained an Injury in the 12 Months Training Period before the 2021 Mac Mac Ultra Race. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(17):9586. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179586

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Jooste, Mignette, Dina C. Janse van Rensburg, Volker Scheer, Audrey Jansen van Rensburg, Dimakatso Ramagole, Tanita Botha, and Carel Viljoen. 2023. "One in Five Trail Running Race Entrants Sustained an Injury in the 12 Months Training Period before the 2021 Mac Mac Ultra Race" Applied Sciences 13, no. 17: 9586. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179586

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Jooste, M., Janse van Rensburg, D. C., Scheer, V., Jansen van Rensburg, A., Ramagole, D., Botha, T., & Viljoen, C. (2023). One in Five Trail Running Race Entrants Sustained an Injury in the 12 Months Training Period before the 2021 Mac Mac Ultra Race. Applied Sciences, 13(17), 9586. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179586

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