Physical activity-related injuries among adolescents in 5 European Union member states

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Physical activity-related injuries among adolescents in 5 European Union member states

Original language description

The presented report summarizes the results of the survey conducted as a part of Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships project „Physical activity-related injuries prevention in adolescents (PARIPRE)“ between January and June 2022 among 24,606 adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years in 5 EU Member states (Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Finland, and Czechia). Among three observed settings (sport clubs, leisure-time, and school) the most frequent PARI occurrence was in sports clubs (50% of adolescents) with differences in occurrence found between the countries. At the same time, PARI in sports clubs were most severe. Re- gardless of country, boys were more likely than girls to sustain injury in sports clubs and leisure-time physical activities, and there were differences in gender in the ranking of the top 10 physical activities leading to injuries as well. There were also age- and gender-related differences observed in participation in sports clubs activities and severity of the PARI. Based on the analysed data it can be concluded that the extent of PARI in adolescents is a serious problem and development of systematic PARI prevention action plans similar to the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030 (WHO 2018), should be considered. While using health in all policies approach “to improve the health of all communities and people” (CDC, 2016), some health adverse effects of PA and PARI should be considered in PA promotion policies. This is in line with the WHO’s physical activity guidelines (2020) which state that eventhough the potential risks associated with the amounts and types of physical activity for adolescents were considered to be low and can be reduced, participation in some particular sports significantly increases the risk of injury, as does increasing exercise intensity and frequency (Räisänen et al., 2018). As it is shown in WHO’s dose-response curve (WHO, 2020, p. 35), risks and harms are increasing with weekly volume of physical activity. Therefore, PARI prevention action plans in adolescents with specific actions set for increasing the safety of physical activity in various physical activity settings need to be developed with special attention to PA in sports clubs. Some of such actions are already listed and described in another publication of the PARIPRE project – recommendations for PARI prevention in adolescents (Leppänen &amp; Parkkari, 2021).

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Czech description

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Type

V_souhrn - Summary research report

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Number of pages

61

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Publisher/client name

Prešovská univerzita

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