Lumbar bone stress injuries and risk factors in adolescent cricket fast bowlers

Keylock, L, Alway, P, Felton, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9211-0319, McCaig, S, Brooke-Wavell, K, King, M and Peirce, N, 2022. Lumbar bone stress injuries and risk factors in adolescent cricket fast bowlers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40 (12), pp. 1336-1342. ISSN 0264-0414

Preview

Text 1551327_Felton.pdf - Published version Download (689kB) | Preview

Abstract

Cricket fast bowling is associated with a high prevalence of lumbar bone stress injuries (LBSI), especially in adolescent bowlers. This has not been sufficiently explained by risk factors identified in adult players. This study aimed to examine the incidence of LBSI in adolescent fast bowlers over a prospective study and potential risk factors. Forty asymptomatic male fast bowlers (aged 14–17 years) received baseline and annual lumbar dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and musculoskeletal and bowling workload assessment; 22 were followed up after one year. LBSI prevalence at baseline and annual incidence were calculated. Potential risk factors were compared between the injured and uninjured groups using T-tests with Hedges’ g effect sizes. At baseline, 20.5% of participants had at least one LBSI. Subsequent LBSI incidence was 27.3 ± 18.6 injuries per 100 players per year (mean ± 95% CI). Injured bowlers were older on average at the beginning of the season preceding injury (16.8 versus 15.6 years, g = 1.396, P = 0.047). LBSI risk may coincide with increases in bowling workload and intensity as bowlers step up playing levels to more senior teams during late adolescence whilst the lumbar spine is immature and less robust.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Sports Sciences
Creators:	Keylock, L., Alway, P., Felton, P., McCaig, S., Brooke-Wavell, K., King, M. and Peirce, N.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Date:	2022
Volume:	40
Number:	12
ISSN:	0264-0414
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/02640414.2022.2080161 DOI 1551327 Other
Rights:	© 2022 the author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	23 Aug 2022 06:40
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2022 06:40
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46905

Actions (login required)

Edit View

Statistics

Views

Downloads