Abstract
Objectives
Describe hamstring injury incidence across competition formats, activity at time of
injury, and time of season, facilitating the identification of injury risk factors
in elite men's senior First-Class County Cricket.
Design
Prospective cohort.
Methods
Hamstring time loss injury incidence (between format, activity, and time of season)
calculated for elite men's senior First-Class County Cricket seasons 2010 to 2019.
Results
The diagnosis with the highest seasonal incidence was ‘Biceps femoris strain grade
1–2’ (2.5 injuries/100 players). Hamstring injury incidence was highest in One-Day
cricket (mean 27.2 injuries/1000 team days). Running between wickets when batting
was the activity associated with the highest incidence in the shorter competition
formats (8.4 and 4.8 injuries/1000 team days for One-Day and T20, respectively). Bowling
delivery stride or follow through was the activity with the highest incidence for
longer multi-day Test format (mean 2.3 injuries/1000 team days), although similar
incidence was observed across all formats for this activity. Most injuries were sustained
at the start of the season (April; 22.7 injuries/1000 team days), with significantly
fewer injuries at end of the season (September; 4.1 injuries/1000 team days).
Conclusions
Similar bowling injury incidence across formats suggests hamstring injury risk is
associated more with the activity itself, whereas injury risk when batting was susceptible
to changes in match intensity. The notably higher (albeit non-significant) incidence
in April may allude to a lack of preparedness to meet the physical demands of the
start of the season. The findings have practical relevance for practitioners, identifying
potential opportunities for preventative strategies.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 10, 2022
Accepted:
February 8,
2022
Received in revised form:
December 16,
2021
Received:
September 7,
2021
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