Turf Talk: Injury Rates, Mechanisms, and Prevention in Adolescent Field Hockey

Madrid, Alana

Turf Talk: Injury Rates, Mechanisms, and Prevention in Adolescent Field Hockey

dc.contributor.advisor	Emery, Carolyn
dc.contributor.advisor	West, Stephen
dc.contributor.author	Madrid, Alana
dc.contributor.committeemember	Pasanen, Kati
dc.contributor.committeemember	Verhagen, Evert
dc.contributor.committeemember	Delahunt, Eamonn
dc.date	2024-11
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-05T14:12:52Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-05T14:12:52Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-03
dc.description.abstract	This MSc thesis contains three projects focused on Canadian adolescent field hockey players. Project A: Game Video Analysis Objective: To describe physical contact (PC) incidence rates (IR), PC types, PC intensity, and suspected injury (SI) IRs in female adolescent high school (HS) and club field hockey (FH). Methods: Video analysis of HS and club FH games. Results: The PC IRs for HS were similar to club (IRR=1.16; 95% CI:0.90-1.48). HS had a 3.1-fold higher SI IR than club (IRR=3.10, 95% CI:1.41-6.76). The leading SI mechanism was ball-to-player contact (HS 71.43%; club 61.54%) and most frequent SI location was the lower extremity (HS 37.74%; club 53.85%). Project B: Injury Epidemiology Objective: To describe IRs, types, locations, severity, and mechanisms and explore associations between potential risk factors and IRs in HS and female and male club FH. Methods: Prospective injury surveillance. Results: Overall injury IRs (/1000 player-hours) were 6.28 injuries (95% CI: 4.38-9.05) in female HS, 2.93 injuries (95% CI: 1.50-5.71) in female club, and 15.00 (95% CI: 7.15-31.46) in male club. The most common injury location and type was the lower extremity (58.54%) and contusions (41.46%). There was a significant association between sex, weight, height, BMI, and injury in exploratory univariable risk factor analyses. Project C: Pilot Neuromuscular Training Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, adherence, and pilot efficacy of a coach-delivered NMT warm-up program in female and male club FH. Methods: NMT coach workshop delivery and prospective injury surveillance. Results: Warm-up adherence was 66.67% in the female team and 44.44% in the male team. There was no significant difference in IRs (IRR=0.60, 95% CI: 0.13-2.91) between control teams and NMT intervention teams. Conclusion: These projects increase knowledge regarding the injury profile of Canadian adolescent FH players and may help inform future injury prevention strategies. Keywords: Field hockey, adolescent, video analysis, injury, neuromuscular training, injury prevention
dc.identifier.citation	Madrid, A. (2024). Turf talk: injury rates, mechanisms, and prevention in adolescent field hockey (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/119122
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46718
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
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dc.subject	field hockey
dc.subject	adolescent
dc.subject	video-analysis
dc.subject	injury
dc.subject	neuromuscular training
dc.subject	injury prevention
dc.subject.classification	Epidemiology
dc.title	Turf Talk: Injury Rates, Mechanisms, and Prevention in Adolescent Field Hockey
dc.type	master thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Kinesiology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science (MSc)
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