| Title |
Musculoskeletal injuries in physical education versus non-physical education teachers: a prospective study |
| Authors |
GOOSSENS, LENNERT, Vercruysse, Sien , Cardon, Greet , Haerens, Leen , Witvrouw, Erik , De Clercq, Dirk |
| External publication |
Si |
| Means |
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES |
| Scope |
Article |
| Nature |
Científica |
| JCR Quartile |
1 |
| SJR Quartile |
1 |
| JCR Impact |
2.539 |
| SJR Impact |
1.28 |
| Publication date |
17/06/2016 |
| ISI |
000372026600002 |
| DOI |
10.1080/02640414.2015.1091491 |
| Abstract |
Physical education (PE) teachers have a physically demanding job, putting them at a considerable risk for musculoskeletal injuries. To structurally develop tailored injury prevention programmes for PE teachers, a clear understanding of the extent, characteristics and underlying factors of their musculoskeletal injuries compared to referents is necessary. Therefore, the current study prospectively followed 103 PE teachers and 58 non-PE teachers, who registered musculoskeletal injuries and time of exposure to sports participation during one school year. Pearson (2)-tests and independent samples t-tests determined significant differences between PE and non-PE teachers regarding demographics and variables possibly related to injury occurrence. PE teachers had 1.23 and non-PE teachers 0.78 injuries/teacher/school year. This difference was significantly different after adjustment for hours spent weekly on intracurricular teaching during the career and for injury history during the preceding six months (P=0.009; OR=0.511; 95% CI=0.308-0.846). PE teachers\' most affected body parts were the knee and the back. PE teachers had a more extensive injury history (P<0.001), a higher work- (P<0.001) and sport index (P<0.001), practiced more sports (P<0.002) and taught more extracurricular sports (P=0.001). Future injury prevention programmes should take account for the great injury history and heavy physical load in PE teachers. |
| Keywords |
Incidence; occupational; multisport population |
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