Epidemiology of Injuries in Elite Badminton Players: a Prospective Study

Completed

• Conditions: Sport Injury

• Registration Number: NCT04181242
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen

Brief Summary

Objective: To determine the incidence and characteristics of injuries in elite badminton players over a competitive season.

Design: 12-months prospective cohort study Setting: The French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP).

Participants: Twenty international elite badminton players Independent variables: The type, the location, the occurrence of the injury (match or training), the footwork type, the type of shot and the perceived fatigue were collected.

Main Outcome Measures: Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-01
• Status Verified: 2019-11
• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-27
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Badminton players training at the at the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)
• Participant competing at an international level
• Medical follow-up over the 12-months duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Participant unable to speak and read French language
• Participant under the age of 18
• Lack of informed and signed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injury incidence rates	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injury incidence rates according to gender	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) in male and female
Injury incidence rates according to discipline	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) in singles and doubles players
Description of injuries according to location (on the body, n)	Description of the number of injuries according to location of the injury on the body (n) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Number of injuries according to location of the injury (on the body, n)
Description of injuries according to type of the injury (% of all)	Description of the distribution of injuries according to the type of the injury (structure: muscle, tendon, bone, nerve...) (%) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Distribution of injuries according to type of the injury (% of all)
Injury incidence rates according to occurence	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) in match or training
Description of injuries according to location (on the body, % of all)	Description of the distribution of injuries according to location of the injury on the body (%) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Distribution of injuries according to location of the injury (on the body, % of all)
Description of injuries according to type of the injury (n)	Description of injuries according to the type of the injury (structure: muscle, tendon, bone, nerve...) (n) over the 12-month prospective follow-up	Number of injuries according to type of the injury (n)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Caen Normandie; 🇫🇷 Caen, France