{"id":445,"date":"2010-01-31T13:07:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T20:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2010-01-31T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T20:16:13","slug":"predicting-running-related-injuries-in-novice-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"Predicting Running Related Injuries in Novice Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whether you are for or against running, its popularity is likely at an all time high.\u00a0 People run to lose weight, stay fit, compete or simply escape from the stress of the world.\u00a0 Unfortunately, running often brings injuries for its participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, what are the risk factors directly associated with injury?\u00a0 Researches in the Netherlands recently performed a prospective study with 532 novice runners (306 females and 226 males).\u00a0 The runners trained for a 4 mile event and\u00a0were advised to run\u00a03 times per week (Monday,\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0and Saturdays) at a comfortable pace.<\/p>\n

They were randomized into 8 and 13 week training programs.\u00a0 There was no difference in findings among the different training groups so they were counted as one for the puprose\u00a0of the study results.\u00a0 The results are interesting.\u00a0 Risk factors for running related injuries (RRI) in males included:<\/p>\n

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  1. Higher BMI<\/li>\n
  2. Previous injuries – those with previous injuries are 2.6 x more likely to suffer an injury<\/li>\n
  3. Type of previous sports activities – those participating in axial loading sports were less likely to be injured than those who participated in non axial loading sports (cycling and swimming for instance)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Predictors of RRI in females were:<\/p>\n

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    1. Increased navicular drop – this in turn leads to increased pronation\u00a0and femoral internal rotation thereby increasing the risk of developing medial tibial stress syndrome<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Some hypothesize that limited joint mobility leads to injury with the repetitive nature of running as force is dissipated unevenly along the kinetic chain.\u00a0 Interestingly enough, lack of range of motion in the ankle and hip were not found to be related\u00a0to RRI in novice runners.\u00a0 Type ‘A’ personality influence in terms of pain resistance was also ruled out as contributing to sustaining an injury in this study.<\/p>\n

      What are the takeaways here?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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      • The key thing to see is that males and females have different risk profiles.\u00a0<\/li>\n
      • Males that carry more weight may be comparatively at a greater risk for injury than females.\u00a0<\/li>\n
      • Pronation and proper foot mechanics may be a bigger issue in females as they are much more prone to develop stress fractures<\/li>\n
      • Further research is needed to better predict female risk factors<\/li>\n
      • There are several limitations in this study such as: inconsistent training days, different running surfaces, different running speeds\/intensity and weather to name a few<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        In my mind, it also further illustrates the need to fully rehabilitate injuries, prepare the body for events thru smart progressive axial loading and to target the hips with strength and power work in runners to better control femoral internal rotation and reduce ground reaction forces.<\/p>\n

        For more info, read the full article in the February 2010 edition of the American Journal of Sports Medicine<\/em>.\u00a0 Stay tuned this week, as I will review another running research article discussing the impact of slope (hill) running on the body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Whether you are for or against running, its popularity is likely at an all time high.\u00a0 People run to lose weight, stay fit, compete or simply escape from the stress of the world.\u00a0 Unfortunately, running often brings injuries for its participants.\u00a0 So, what are the risk factors directly associated with injury?\u00a0 Researches in the Netherlands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,5],"tags":[426,57],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-injury-prevention","category-running","category-sports-performance","tag-running","tag-running-injuries"],"yoast_head":"\nPredicting Running Related Injuries in Novice Runners - Brian Schiff's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=445\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Predicting Running Related Injuries in Novice Runners - 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