Bone stress injuries in athletics (track and field) championships: findings from a prospective injury surveillance conducted across 24 international championships with 29,147 registered athletes

• Main Authors: Tim Hoenig (Author), Adam S. Tenforde (Author), Karsten Hollander (Author), Astrid Junge (Author), Pedro Branco (Author), Anders Vinther (Author), Pascal Edouard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Athletics (track and field) athletes are prone to develop bone stress injuries (BSIs) but epidemiological data on BSIs from top-level sports events are scarce. Objective To describe the incidence and characteristics of BSIs during 24 international athletics championships held fro...