Gender differences in musculoskeletal injury rates: A function of symptom reporting?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1807-1812

  Almeida, Sandra A ^a,b   Trone, Daniel W ^a   Leone, Denise M ^a   Shaffer, Richard A ^a   Patheal, Sherry L ^a   Long, Ken ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Exercise; Physical conditioning; Training; U.S. marine corps recruits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSALGIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NAVY; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDINITIS; TRAINING;

EID: 0033386079     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199912000-00017     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. BIJUR, P. E., A. TUMBLE, Y. HAREL, M. D. OVERPECK, D. JONES, and P. C. SCHEIDT. Sports and recreation injuries in U.S. children and adolescents. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med. 149:1009-1116, 1995.
2. BISHOP, G. D. Gender, role, and illness behavior in a military population. Health Psychol. 3:519-534, 1984.
3. BLAIR, S. N., H. W. KOHL, and N. N. GOODYEAR. Rates and risks for running and exercise injuries: studies in three populations. Res. Q. Exerc. Sport 58:221-228, 1987.
4. BOVENS, A. M., G. M. JANSSEN, H. G. VERMEER, J. H. HOEBERIGS, M. P. JANSSEN, and F. T. VERSTAPPEN. Occurrence of running injuries in adults following a supervised training program. Int. J. Sports Med. 10(Suppl 3):S186-S190, 1989.
5. COX, J. S. and H. W. LENZ. Women in sports: the Naval Academy experience. Am. J. Sports Med. 7:355-357, 1979.
6. COX, J. S. and H. W. LENZ. Women midshipmen in sports. Am. J. Sports Med. 12:241-243, 1984.
7. HUTCHINSON, M. R. and M. L. IRELAND. Knee injuries in female athletes. Sports Med. 19:288-302, 1995.
8. IRELAND, M. L. Special concerns of the female athlete. In: Sports Injuries: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment, F. H. Fu and P. A. Stone (Eds.). Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1994, pp. 153-187.
9. JACOBS, S. J. and B. L. BERSON. Injuries to runners: a study of entrants to a 10,000 meter race. Am. J. Sports Med. 14:151-155, 1986.
10. JONES, B. H. Overuse injuries of the lower extremities associated with marching, jogging, and running: a review. Mil. Med. 148: 783-787, 1983.
11. JONES, B. H., M. W. BOVEE, J. M. HARRIS, and D. N. COWAN. Intrinsic factors for exercise-related injuries among male and female Army trainees. Am. J. Sports Med. 21:705-710, 1993.
12. JONES, B. H., M. W. BOVEE, and J. J. KNAPIK. Associations among body composition, physical fitness, and injury in men and women Army trainees. In: Body Composition and Physical Performance: Applications for the Military Services, B. M. Marriott and J. Grumstrup-Scott (Eds.). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1992, pp. 141-173.
13. KIMSEY, CHARLES D. The epidemiology of lower extremity injuries in United States Marine Corps recruits. Doctoral Dissertation. University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Columbia, SC, 1993.
14. KLONOFF, E. A. and H. LANDRINE. Sex roles, occupational roles, and symptom-reporting: a test of competing hypotheses on sex differences. J. Behav. Med. 15:355-364, 1992.
15. KOPLAN, J., K. E. POWELL, R. K. SIKES, R. W. SHIRLEY, and C. C. CAMPBELL. An epidemiologic study of the benefits and risks of running. JAMA 248:3118-3121, 1982.
16. KOPLAN, J. P., D. S. SISCOVICK, and G. M. GOLDBAUM. The risks of exercise: a public health view of injuries and hazards. Public Health Rep. 100:189-195, 1985.
17. KOWAL, D. M. Nature and causes of injuries in women resulting from an endurance training program. Am. J. Sports Med. 8:265-269, 1980.
18. LANESE, R. R., R. H. STRAUSS, D. J. LEIZMAN, and A. M. ROTONDI. Injury and disability in matched men's and women's intercollegiate sports. Am. J. Public Health 80:1459-1462, 1990.
19. LINENGER, J. M. and L. A. WEST. Epidemiology of soft-tissue/ musculoskeletal injury among U.S. Marine recruits undergoing basic training. Mil. Med. 157:491-493, 1992.
20. MACERA, C. A. Lower extremity injuries in runners: advances in prediction. Sports Med. 13:50-57, 1992.
21. MACERA, C. A., R. R. PATE, K. E. POWELL, K. L. JACKSON, J. S. KENDRICK, and T. E. CRAVEN. Predicting lower extremity injuries among habitual runners. Arch. Intern. Med. 149:2565-2568, 1989.
22. MARTI, B., J. P. VADER, C. E. MINDER, and T. ABELIN. On the epidemiology of running injuries: the 1984 Bern Grand-Prix study. Am. J. Sports Med. 16:285-294, 1988.
23. MONTGOMERY, L. C., F. NELSON, J. P. NORTON, and P. A. DEUSTER. Orthopedic history and examination in the etiology of overuse injuries. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 21:237-243, 1989.
24. NICE, S. D. and S. HILTON. Sex differences and occupational influences on health care utilization aboard U.S. Navy ships. Mil. Psychol. 6:109-123, 1994.
25. PESTER, S. and P. C. SMITH. Stress fractures in the lower extremities of soldiers in basic training. Orthop. Rev. 21:297-303, 1992.
26. PROTZMAN, R. R. and C. G. GRIFFIS. Stress fractures in men and women undergoing military training. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 59:825, 1977.
27. REINKER, K. A. and S. OZBURNE. A comparison of male and female orthopaedic pathology in basic training. Mil. Med. 144:532-536, 1979.
28. RUDOLF, M. C., O. TOMANOVICH, J. GREENBERG, L. FRIEND, and A. J. ALARIO. Gender differences in infirmary use at a residential summer camp. Dev. Behav. Pediatr. 13:261-265, 1992.
29. SNODDY, R. O. and J. M. HENDERSON. Predictors of basic infantry training success. Mil. Med. 159:616-622, 1994.
30. VAN MECHELEN, W. Running injuries: a review of the epidemiologic literature. Sports Med. 14:320-335, 1992.
31. VERBRUGGE, L. M. Gender and health: an update on the hypotheses and evidence. J. Health Soc. Behav. 26:156-182, 1985.
32. WALTER, S. D., L. E. HART, J. M. MCINTOSH, and J. R. SUTTON. The Ontario Cohort Study of running-related injuries. Arch. Intern. Med. 149:2561-2564, 1989.
33. WHITESIDE, P. A. Men's and women's injuries in comparable sports. Physician Sportsmed. 8:130-140, 1980.