TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity of injury self-reports by novice runners
T2 - comparison with reports by sports medicine physicians
AU - Smits, Dirk-Wouter
AU - Backx, Frank
AU - Van der Worp, Henk
AU - Van Middelkoop, Marienke
AU - Hartgens, Fred
AU - Verhagen, Evert
AU - Kluitenberg, Bas
AU - Huisstede, Bionka
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 4611yrs) 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
AB - This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 4611yrs) 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
KW - Athletes
KW - running
KW - injury location
KW - injury type
KW - self-reports
KW - validity
KW - RUNNING-RELATED INJURIES
KW - LOWER-EXTREMITY INJURIES
KW - RISK-FACTORS
KW - MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY
KW - RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS
KW - FOLLOW-UP
KW - NLSTART2RUN
U2 - 10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399
DO - 10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399
M3 - Article
C2 - 29969569
VL - 27
SP - 72
EP - 87
JO - Research in Sports Medicine
JF - Research in Sports Medicine
SN - 1543-8627
IS - 1
ER -