Characteristics and Incidence of Running-Related Injuries in Male Collegiate Long-Distance Runners

Characteristics and Incidence of Running-Related Injuries in Male Collegiate Long-Distance Runners - Running Disability Characteristics and Incidence in Male Collegiate Long Distance Runners

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000052250

Enrollment

125

Registered

2023-09-25

Start date

2023-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Running-related injuries

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Athletes must be enrolled in the ekiden club or track and field club (long-distance block) of a university with a training base in Saitama Prefecture and be in their first to third year of university as of December 1, 2023.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who could not give their consent to participate in this study and those who could not respond to the training logbook and injuries were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Injuries occurring during practice or competition were to be reported using a Google form on the day they occurred. The information included the date of the injury, the number of body parts injured, the area of injury and its details, the name of the diagnosis, and the symptoms of the injury.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
You will be asked to report the details of your practice (race) for the day using a Google form. The content included: content of practice, any injuries on that day, total distance run, average time, environment, hills, warm-up, cool-down, sleep time, and return from injury (if injury kept them away from running). The baseline questionnaire also included name, university name and grade, age, email address, height, weight, athletic history, personal bests (10,000 m track, 10 km marathon, and 5,000 m in high school), distance run in a day during high school, running time, living space, and whether living space was covered, The following information shall be used: history in the past year, the intensity of pain (NRS) when taking time off from practice in case of injury or breakdown.	—

Measure

Time frame

You will be asked to report the details of your practice (race) for the day using a Google form. The content included: content of practice, any injuries on that day, total distance run, average time, environment, hills, warm-up, cool-down, sleep time, and return from injury (if injury kept them away from running). The baseline questionnaire also included name, university name and grade, age, email address, height, weight, athletic history, personal bests (10,000 m track, 10 km marathon, and 5,000 m in high school), distance run in a day during high school, running time, living space, and whether living space was covered, The following information shall be used: history in the past year, the intensity of pain (NRS) when taking time off from practice in case of injury or breakdown.

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactShota Akiyama

Saitama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine

kawakado@saitama-med.ac.jp049-295-1001

Outcome results