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The Running Injury Continuum: A qualitative examination of recreational runners’ description and management of injury

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العنوان: The Running Injury Continuum: A qualitative examination of recreational runners’ description and management of injury
المؤلفون: Lacey, Aisling, Whyte, Enda, O’Keeffe, Sinéad, O’Connor, Siobhán, Burke, Aoife, Moran, Kieran
المساهمون: Ramskov, Daniel, Science Foundation Ireland, European Regional Development Fund
المصدر: PLOS ONE ; volume 18, issue 10, page e0292369 ; ISSN 1932-6203
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: PLOS Publications (via CrossRef)
الوصف: Introduction A critical step in understanding and preventing running-related injuries (RRIs) is appropriately defining RRIs. Current definitions of RRIs may not represent the full process of injury development, failing to capture lower levels of injury that many athletes continue to train through. Understanding runners’ description and management of the injury development process may allow for a more appropriate examination of all levels of injury. This study aimed to examine recreational runners’ description and management of the injury development process. Methods A qualitative focus group study was undertaken. Seven semi-structured focus groups with male (n = 13) and female (n = 18) recreational runners took place. Focus groups were audio and video recorded, and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were reflexively thematically analysed. A critical friend approach was taken to data coding. Multiple methods of trustworthiness were executed. Results Runners describe injury on a nine-level continuum, ranging from injury-free to career-ending injury. There are lower and higher levels of injury. Each level of injury is described across four categories of descriptors; physical description, outcome (effect on running and daily life), psychological description, and management. Conclusion The Running Injury Continuum is a tool that can be used for injury surveillance (for healthcare professionals and researchers) and for research investigating RRI risk factors. Healthcare professionals, researchers and coaches must ensure they monitor the development of all levels of RRIs, across all categories of descriptors. Runners need to be educated regarding appropriate self-management strategies for lower level injuries, with access to evidence-based information being a critical management tool.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292369
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292369Test
حقوق: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.8509BDAE
قاعدة البيانات: BASE