The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide
Introduction Running injuries affect millions of persons every year and have become a substantial public health issue owing to the popularity of running. To ensure adherence to running, it is important to prevent injuries and to have an in-depth understanding of the aetiology of running injuries. Th...
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| description | Introduction Running injuries affect millions of persons every year and have become a substantial public health issue owing to the popularity of running. To ensure adherence to running, it is important to prevent injuries and to have an in-depth understanding of the aetiology of running injuries. The main purpose of the present paper was to describe the design of a future prospective cohort study exploring if a dose–response relationship exists between changes in training load and running injury occurrence, and how this association is modified by other variables.Methods and analysis In this protocol, the design of an 18-month observational prospective cohort study is described that will include a minimum of 20 000 consenting runners who upload their running data to Garmin Connect and volunteer to be a part of the study. The primary outcome is running-related injuries categorised into the following states: (1) no injury; (2) a problem; and (3) injury. The primary exposure is change in training load (eg, running distance and the cumulative training load based on the number of strides, ground contact time, vertical oscillation and body weight). The change in training load is a time-dependent exposure in the sense that progression or regression can change many times during follow-up. Effect-measure modifiers include, but is not limited to, other types of sports activity, activity of daily living and demographics, and are assessed through questionnaires and/or by Garmin devices.Ethics and dissemination The study design, procedures and informed consent have been evaluated by the Ethics Committee of the Central Denmark Region (Request number: 227/2016 – Record number: 1-10-72-189-16). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfcb197435bc422d85ae703a63b856252025-08-20T01:54:12ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-09-019910.1136/bmjopen-2019-032627The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwideDaniel Ramskov0Erik Thorlund Parner1Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen2Michael Lejbach Bertelsen3Camma Damsted4René Korsgaard Brund5Søren Kjærgaard6Department of Physiotherapy, University College Northern Denmark, Aalborg, DenmarkSection for Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark1 Section for Sports Science, Department of Public Health, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark2 Department of Public Health, Section for Sport Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkThe Research Unit PROgrez, Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Næstved-Slagelse-Ringsted Hospitals, Slagelse, Denmark2 Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark7 Section for Environment, Occupation and Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, DenmarkIntroduction Running injuries affect millions of persons every year and have become a substantial public health issue owing to the popularity of running. To ensure adherence to running, it is important to prevent injuries and to have an in-depth understanding of the aetiology of running injuries. The main purpose of the present paper was to describe the design of a future prospective cohort study exploring if a dose–response relationship exists between changes in training load and running injury occurrence, and how this association is modified by other variables.Methods and analysis In this protocol, the design of an 18-month observational prospective cohort study is described that will include a minimum of 20 000 consenting runners who upload their running data to Garmin Connect and volunteer to be a part of the study. The primary outcome is running-related injuries categorised into the following states: (1) no injury; (2) a problem; and (3) injury. The primary exposure is change in training load (eg, running distance and the cumulative training load based on the number of strides, ground contact time, vertical oscillation and body weight). The change in training load is a time-dependent exposure in the sense that progression or regression can change many times during follow-up. Effect-measure modifiers include, but is not limited to, other types of sports activity, activity of daily living and demographics, and are assessed through questionnaires and/or by Garmin devices.Ethics and dissemination The study design, procedures and informed consent have been evaluated by the Ethics Committee of the Central Denmark Region (Request number: 227/2016 – Record number: 1-10-72-189-16).https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e032627.full |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Ramskov Erik Thorlund Parner Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen Michael Lejbach Bertelsen Camma Damsted René Korsgaard Brund Søren Kjærgaard The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide BMJ Open |
| title | The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide |
| title_full | The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide |
| title_fullStr | The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide |
| title_short | The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of running-related injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide |
| title_sort | garmin runsafe running health study on the aetiology of running related injuries rationale and design of an 18 month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e032627.full |
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