Citation

Wang C, Stovitz SD, Kaufman JS, Steele RJ, Shrier I. Inj. Epidemiol. 2024; 11(1): e21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, The author(s), Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s40621-024-00507-3

PMID

38802864

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries are a common occurrence in sport. The goal of sport injury epidemiology is to study these injuries at a population level to inform their prevention and treatment. MAIN BODY: This review provides an overview of musculoskeletal sport injuries and the musculoskeletal system from a biological and epidemiologic perspective, including injury mechanism, categorizations and types of sport injuries, healing, and subsequent injuries. It is meant to provide a concise introductory substantive background of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists who may not have formal training in the underlying anatomy and pathophysiology.

CONCLUSION: An understanding of sport injuries is important for researchers in sport injury epidemiology when determining how to best define and assess their research questions and measures.

Language: en

Keywords

Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal system; Sport injuries; Strains and sprains