Abstract

ARCANJO, Giselle Notini et al. Injuries in recreational recreational runners: incidence, types of major occurrence and associated factors. Motri. [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.1, pp.376-381. ISSN 1646-107X.

Running is among the more popular exercise modes and the number of recreational runners is increasing over the past 40 years. One of he consequences of this popularity has been the increased number of injuries found in this population. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of injuries in recreational runners from Fortaleza/CE. The injury site and type were investigated as well as some associated factor such as gender, age, training experience, daily exercise time, and frequency of training and weekly running volume. A total of 77 volunteers form both genders, aged between 20 and 62 years, 57,1% males and 42,9% females, with higher prevalence od individuals between 20 - 26 years (33,8%) were studied with the help of a questionnaire. 47,7% of men and 17% of women reported some type of injury and the most prevalent age category was 33 - 38 years, amounting 64,4%. The results of the present study are relevant and show a high prevalence of injury. Since most participants reported to have professional guidance in their training program, it is concluded that training guidance may present gaps.

Keywords : occurrence of injuries; associated factors; runners.

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