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Acrobatic gymnastics injury: occurrence, site and training risk factors.

Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe NSW 1825, Australia. <>
Physical therapy in sport: official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine (impact factor: 0.67). 05/2010; 11(2):40-6. DOI:10.1016/j.ptsp.2010.01.002 pp.40-6
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ABSTRACT To determine the incidence and risk factors for injury associated with the performance of acrobatic gymnastics.
Retrospective injury and training survey.
New South Wales acrobatic gymnastics clubs.
Surveys were completed by 73 acrobatic gymnasts (69 female) aged 8-26 years.
Data on injury incidence and frequency for injury site were collected. Multiple-regression and ROC curve analysis were used to evaluate training-associated injury risk factors.
Half (50.7%) of the participants had sustained an injury associated with acrobatic gymnastics in the past 12 months, with 28.8% of participants affected by chronic injury at the time of the study. Age of onset for acute and chronic acrobatics-related injury averaged 13.9 (SD +/- 3.03) and 14.7 (SD +/- 3.85) years, respectively. Injury sites were predominately the knee, ankle and wrist. Risk factors for injury were having an age of >or=13 years and training for >or=8 h per week at age 11 years.
The results suggest that the 11-15 years age period is critical for the occurrence of injury in acrobatic gymnasts. This is possibly due to the adolescent growth spurt which may create an increased vulnerability to injury if training volume during this time is above a certain threshold.

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Keywords

11-15 years age period
 
12 months
 
69 female
 
73 acrobatic gymnasts
 
acrobatic gymnastics
 
acrobatic gymnasts
 
adolescent growth spurt
 
age 11 years
 
chronic acrobatics-related injury
 
chronic injury
 
increased vulnerability
 
injury incidence
 
injury site
 
Injury sites
 
New South Wales acrobatic gymnastics clubs
 
Retrospective injury
 
ROC curve analysis
 
training survey
 
training volume
 
training-associated injury risk factors