New IJSPT-publication: Running Injury Development - Attitudes of Runners and Coaches
An article based on the masters´ thesis by Karen Krogh Johansen is now published in the August issue of International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy.
In her Masters´ thesis, Karen investigated the attitudes towards factors leading to running-injuries amongst competitive runners and their coaches. Karen reached out to 25 Danish athletics clubs, and ended up receiving survey-data from 68 athletes and 19 coaches. The results showed that the majority of both athletes and coaches reported “ignoring pain” to be a major risk factor of injury development, while most coaches also believed “reduced muscle strength” and “high running distance” to be associated with running injuries.
The full article of Johansen et al. can be accessed at the IJSPT website, here
Reference:
Johansen, K.K.; Hulme, A.; Damsted, C.; Ramskov, D.; Nielsen, R.O. Running injury development: The attitudes of middle- and long-distance runners and their coaches. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2017 August; 12(4): 634-641.