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
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) [50-50305-98-12001].
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) [50-50305-98-12001]. The authors wish to thank all runners who participated in the present study and the Dutch Athletics Federation for giving them the opportunity to include participants from the ?Start-to-Run? program. We would also like to thank the sports medicine centers that participated in the validity study (alphabetic order): Sportgeneeskunde Friesland (Heerenveen), Sportgeneeskunde Isala (Zwolle), Sportgeneeskundige Afdeling Amphia Ziekenhuis (Breda), Sportgeneeskundige Afdeling Medisch Centrum Haaglanden (Leidschendam), SportM?x M?xima Medisch Centrum (Eindhoven), Sportmedisch Adviescentrum Haarlem (Haarlem), Sportmedisch Adviescentrum Maastricht (Maaastricht), Sportmedisch Adviescentrum Midden Holland (Gouda), Sportmedisch Adviescentrun Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Sportmedisch Centrum Papendal (Arnhem), Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (Groningen), Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht (Utrecht). Finally, we would like to thank Henrica C.W. de Vet (EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research VU University Medical Center) for her statistical advice.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 46 ± 11 yrs) 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 46 ± 11 yrs) 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 - injury location
KW - injury type
KW - running
KW - self-reports
KW - validity
KW - Predictive Value of Tests
KW - Physicians
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Self Report
KW - Male
KW - Running/injuries
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Athletic Injuries/diagnosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049581771&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399
DO - 10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399
M3 - Article
C2 - 29969569
SN - 1543-8627
VL - 27
SP - 72
EP - 87
JO - Research in Sports Medicine
JF - Research in Sports Medicine
IS - 1
ER -