Injury is a cause of concern for all athletes-from amateurs at the recreational and grass roots
levels to the elite professionals taking part in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and …

Objective: In Athletics (Track and Field), athletes can be affected by injuries, especially in
their quest for top performance. Therefore, we aim to provide an overview of the current …

The practice of athletics involves the risk of injury. Injury prevention and athlete health
represent important issues for the athletes themselves plus all the stakeholders in the sport …

Objectives: Sports injuries have an important impact on the sport and in daily life. Although
athletics is known and performed on five continents, few is known about epidemiological …

Injuries can counter the beneficial effects of sports participation at a young age if a child or
adolescent is unable to continue to participate because of residual effects of injury …

Organised youth sport has become increasingly professionalised, and the associated sports
injury problem has received much attention lately. Sports injury prevention should rely on …

In major track and field competitions, the most risky discipline is the combined event.
Therefore, we aimed to record and analyze the incidence and characteristics of sports …

Background: Little is known of injury patterns in track and field (athletics). Injury prevalence
has been proposed as the most appropriate measure of the injury rate in sports where …

Objective To estimate the incidence, type and severity of musculoskeletal injuries in youth
and adult elite athletics athletes and to explore risk factors for sustaining injuries. Design …

Objective: The objective of this review is to identify the available research regarding the risk
factors and prevention of injuries in high school athletes (ages 14 to 18 years). Data …