caa a22 4500 606240810 CHVBK 20210128101310.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00508-014-0623-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00508-014-0623-4 Elite level rhythmic gymnasts have significantly more and stronger pain than peers of similar age: a prospective study [Elektronische Daten] [Manuel Sabeti, Lusine Jeremian, Alexandra Graf, Robert Kandelhart] Rhythmische Gymnastinnen auf Eliteniveau haben signifikant mehr und stärker Schmerzen als eine Vergleichsgruppe gleichen Alters: eine prospektive Studie Summary: Purpose: Rhythmic gymnastics (RG) unites aesthetic, ballet-like motion, and all aspects of gymnastics. To reach elite level, girls begin at early age the intensive training. To date it is unclear if such demanding training influences the incidence and intensity of painful overuse injuries. The purpose of this study is to analyze anatomical painful regions and pain intensity in elite level rhythmic gymnasts (elRG) and compare results with an age-matched control group (CG). Methods: This prospective field study was carried out at the European Championship in RG 2013 (218 participating athletes, Vienna, Austria). Volunteering athletes were interviewed according to a preformed questionnaire. As CG secondary school pupils without any competitive sports experience were analyzed accordingly. Results: Overall, 243 young females (144 elRG/66% of all participants and 99 CG) were observed. ElRGs were significantly (s.) smaller, lighter, and had s. stronger pain (p<0.001). A total of 72% of athletes reported to have at least one painful body region compared with 52% of CG (p<0.001). ElRG had nearly three times more serious injuries than the CG. In all 23% off all elRG reported to have had no access to professional medical care. ElRGs were s. more frequently (25 vs 9%) affected at the lumbar spine and the ankle joint (17.4 vs 7%). Conclusion: To our knowledge, this trial analyzes the largest cohort of elRG to date. Hence, it is clearly alluded that intensive training in RG is a significant factor causing more and stronger pain than in a CG. Springer-Verlag Wien, 2014 Gymnastics nationallicence Training nationallicence Pain nationallicence Sports of the young nationallicence Gymnastik nationallicence Schmerz nationallicence Jugendsport nationallicence Sabeti Manuel Department for Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut Jeremian Lusine Department for Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut Graf Alexandra Center for Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical Universtiy of Vienna, Spitalgasse, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut Kandelhart Robert Traumatologic office, Niederbairingerstraße 33, 4203, Altenberg bei Linz, Austria aut Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Springer Vienna 127/1-2(2015-01-01), 31-35 0043-5325 127:1-2<31 2015 127 508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-014-0623-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-014-0623-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sabeti Manuel Department for Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jeremian Lusine Department for Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Graf Alexandra Center for Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical Universtiy of Vienna, Spitalgasse, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kandelhart Robert Traumatologic office, Niederbairingerstraße 33, 4203, Altenberg bei Linz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Springer Vienna 127/1-2(2015-01-01), 31-35 0043-5325 127:1-2<31 2015 127 508