- Title
- Validity of injury self-reports by novice runners : Comparison with reports by sports medicine physicians
- Creator
- Smits, Dirk-Wouter; Backx, Frank; van der Worp, Henk; van Middelkoop, Marienke; Hartgens, Fred; Verhagen, Evert; Kluitenberg, Bas; Huisstede, Bionka
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166764
- Identifier
- vital:13466
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399
- Identifier
- ISBN:1543-8627
- Abstract
- This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 46 ± 11 yrs) of the “Start-to-Run” program provided self-reports on their RRIs using an online questionnaire. Subsequently, they attended injury consultations with sports medicine physicians who provided physician-reports (blinded for the self-reports) as a reference standard. Self-reports and physician-reports included information on injury location (i.e., hip/groin, upper leg, knee, lower leg, and ankle/foot) and injury type (i.e., muscle-tendon unit, joint, ligament, or bone). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were 100% for all five injury locations. For injury type, sensitivity was low (66% for muscle-tendon unit, 50% for ligament, and 40% for bone) and lowest for joint injuries (17%). In conclusion, the validity of self-reported RRIs by novice runners is good for injury locations but not for injury types. In particular for joint injuries, the validity of novice runners’ self-reports is low. Abbreviations: RRI: Running Related Injury; SMC: Sports Medicine Centre; MTU: Muscle Tendon Unit; PPV: Positive Predictive Value.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Inc.
- Relation
- Research in Sports Medicine Vol. 27, no. 1 (2019), p. 72-87
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Athletes; Injury location; Injury type; Running; Self-reports; Validity
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