Female sex, training volume and sleep amount are risk factors for sports-related injuries: a 1-year prospective cohort study on adolescent elite athletes
Female sex is a risk factor for sports-related injuries in adolescent athletes, as well as low sleep amount in females and high weekly training volume in males. Adolescents are injury-prone, and further development and optimisation of programmes for injury prevention is crucial, especially in female adolescent athletes.
Authors
- Josefin Abrahamson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3949-0425)
- E Sandstedt
- Ida Lindman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-4114)
- Mikael Sansone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-1140)
Institutions
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002699
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00