sport injury surveillance Flashcards
what is sport injury surveillance
collection of data describing the occurrence, characteristics, and factors associated with sport injury
what is surveillance designed to address
rate, severity, and type of injury
athletes characteristics and other factors associated with injury
typical patterns of injuries
what is an all complaints injury
any pain or physical discomfort
limitations = athletes often continue to train and compete despite the existence of injury
what is a medical attention injury
injury that results in an athletes receiving medical attention
limitation - may not go to doctor if recurrent injury, lack of support in youth/amateur sport
what is a time loss injury
injury that results in an athlete being unable to take a full part in future training or comp
limitations = systematic bias due to each athletes / data collectors interpretation of what constitutes a recordable complaint
what is a full part time loss injury
often injured athletes are still attending practice/playing but modifying in some way to play through the injury
usually fall into all complaints category
what is the severity of injury scale based on time loss
slight - 0 days
minor - 1-7 days
- minimal - 1-3 days
- mild - 4-7 days
moderate - 8-28 days
severe > 28 days
career ending
time loss counted as day after injury
recurrent injuries hard to define
what is prevalence
proportion of individuals in a pop who have an injury at one particular time
number of individuals injured
what is point prevalence
proportion of pop that has the condition at a specific point in time
what is period prevalence
proportion of pop that has the condition at any point during a given time period of interest
what is incidence
number of new occurrences of injury during a specified time period
number of injuries (one person can have multiple)
what is sport exposure
time when athletes are at risk for sport injury
practise, training, and game minutes
NOT rehab training
what are the injury classifications
index injury
exacerbation
recurrence
subsequent local injury
subsequent new injury
what is an index injury
first recorded injury
what is exacerbation
subsequent injury to the same location and tissue as the index injury
if the injury WAS NOT yet fully healed
what is recurrence
subsequent injury to the same location and tissue as the index injury if the index injury WAS fully healed
what is a subsequent local injury
subsequent injury to the same location but other tissue
what is a subsequent new injury
subsequent injury to a new location
how to measure sport exposure
best = hours
middle = athletic exposures (number of practises or games)
not as good = athlete years (number of years in sport)
