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Principles of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists: a review
Chinchin Wang1,2, Steven D Stovitz3, Jay S Kaufman1
1Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Background:
Musculoskeletal injuries are a common occurrence in sport. The goal of sport injury epidemiology is to study these injuries at a population level to inform their prevention and treatment.
Main Body:
This review provides an overview of musculoskeletal sport injuries and the musculoskeletal system from a biological and epidemiologic perspective, including injury mechanism, categorizations and types of sport injuries, healing, and subsequent injuries. It is meant to provide a concise introductory substantive background of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists who may not have formal training in the underlying anatomy and pathophysiology.
Conclusion:
An understanding of sport injuries is important for researchers in sport injury epidemiology when determining how to best define and assess their research questions and measures.
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