TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The relationship between disordered eating behaviors and injury rates in adolescent athletes
JO  - International journal of eating disorders
A1  - Gusfa, Donald
A1  - Mancine, Ryley
A1  - Kennedy, Samantha
A1  - Bashir, Daniyal A.
A1  - Saffarian, Mathew
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between disordered eating (DE) and significant sport injury in adolescent athletes. <br><br>METHOD: Responses to one item of the Disordered Eating Screen for Athletes and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) items, administered to n = 308 adolescent athletes, were analyzed with data on injury. Nonparametric statistics and multiple regression analysis were used to examine differences in DE rates amongst known injured adolescent athletes. <br><br>RESULTS: The EAT-26 scores of injured females, median score of 9, were significantly higher than all other groupings with H(3) = 17.26 p < .001, η(2)  = .047. Using regression analyses, injury significantly predicted a rise in EAT-26 score by five points in females, p = .01, R(2)  = .052. <br><br>DISCUSSION: This evidence suggests a relationship between adolescent female sport injury and DE, but no relationship between adolescent male sport injury and DE. These results demonstrate a need to screen for DE in athletes. Given a positive screen, athletes should be educated on the risks associated with relative energy deficiency and potentially referred to a practitioner with knowledge of the associated complications.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0276-3478
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.23642
ID  - ref1
ER  -