Table 1. Characteristics of included studies.
Study, year Study design Population Time Period Anatomical Injury Location Identifiable Pathologies Gender Split Total Runners Total Injured Runners Total Injuries
Maughan and Miller (1983)c,d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Marathon
M & F
(32 ± 8 y )
6
months
Y N N 497 287 358
Linde (1986)c Prospective Injury
Questionnaire
Orienteers
M & F
(19 – 34 y)
1
year
Y N N 42 _* 73
Collins et al. (1989)c Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Triathlon
M & F
(mean age: 32 y)
1
year
Y S N 257 _* 105
van Mechelen et al. (1993)b RCT
(Prospective
Questionnaire)
Recreational
M (adults)
16
weeks
Y N MO 327 _* 49
Jakobsen et al. (1994)c,d Prospective Controlled Trial (Prospective Questionnaire) Recreational
M & F
(24 – 56 y)
1
year
Y S N 20 13 21
Wen et al. (1998)d Cross-Sectional Associative Study
(Retrospective Questionnaire)
Experienced / Marathon
Runners
M & F
(20 – 78 y)
1
year
Y N N 304 136 217
Williams et al. (2001) Cross-Sectional Associative Study
(Retrospective
Questionnaire)
Amateur
M & F
(18 – 50 y)
_ Y N N 40 _* 134
Chorley et al. (2002)d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Novice
& Amateur
M & F
(mean age: 34 y)
3
years
Y N N 1548 590 977
Taunton et al. (2003)a,b Prospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Recreational
M & F
(<30 - >56y)
13
weeks
Y N Y 840 249 _*
Taunton et al. (2002)a,b,c Retrospective Analysis of
Medical Records
Amateur
M & F
(mean age: 34 y)
2
years
Y Y Y 2002 2002 2002
Lun et al. (2004)d Cross-Sectional Associative Study
(Retrospective
Questionnaire)
Recreational M & F
(≥18 y)
_ Y N N 87 80 170
McKean et al. (2006)d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Amateur Young (_ y) and Masters (>40y)
M & F
1
year
S S N 2825 1309 2271
Van Middelkoop et al. (2008)b,d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Marathon
Participants
M
1
year
Y N MO 694 397 550
Knobloch et al. (2008)c Cross-Sectional / Retrospective Exposure and Injury Questionnaire Master Athletes
M & F
(42 ± 9 y)
Last
season
Y Y N 291 _* 677
Van Ginckel et al. (2009) Prospective
associative study
Novice M & F
(39 ± 10 y)
10
weeks
Y S N 129 _* 69
Ryan et al. (2011)a,d RCT (Prospective Questionnaire) Recreational F
(18 – 50y)
13
weeks
Y N FO 81 26 194
Lopes et al. (2011)a,b,d Cross Sectional Survey Recreational
5-10km M & F
(≥ 18 y)
Current Y N Y 1049 227 _*
Bredeweg et al. (2012) RCT
(Prospective Questionnaire)
Novice
M & F
(18-65y)
13
weeks
Y N N 362 _* 58
Chang et al. (2012)d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Recreational 10km – Marathon M & F
(20 – 50y)
_ Y N N 893 396 604
Hespanhol Junior et al. (2012)c,d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Recreational
M & F
(43 ± 10.5 y)
1
year
Y S N 200 110 110*
Vadeboncoeur et al. (2012)a,d Cross-Sectional Associative Study
(Retrospective
Questionnaire)
Recreational Half-M
/ Marathon
M & F
(24 – 70y)
30
days
Y N Y 194 62 62*
Hendricks and Phillips (2013)d Prospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Club Level
M & F (≥ 19 y)
16
weeks
Y N N 50 16 50
Rasmussen et al. (2013)d Retrospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Recreational Marathon
M & F
(41 ± 10 y)
12
months
Y N N 662 68 _*
Hespanhol Junior et al. (2013)d Prospective
Injury
Questionnaire
Recreational
M & F
(43 ± 11 y)
12
weeks
Y N N 191 60 84
Ogwumike and Adeniyi (2013)d Cross Sectional Survey Marathon
Participants
_ Y N N 920 153 254
Nielsen et al. (2014)a,b,c,d Prospective
Cohort Study
Novice
M & F
(18 – 65 y)
1
year
Y Y Y 930 254 _*
Theisen et al. (2014)d RCT
(Prospective Questionnaire)
Recreational
M & F
(42 ± 10 y)
5
months
Y N N 247 69 _*
Malisoux et al. (2015)d Prospective
Cohort Study
Amateur
M & F (>18y)
22
weeks
Y N N 264 87 _*
Altman and Davis (2016)c Prospective
Cohort Study
Competitive Amateur M & F
(18 – 50y)
1
year
Y* Y N 201 _* 154
Kerr et al. (2016)a,b Retrospective Analysis of
Medical Records
Collegiate
M&F
4
years
Y N Y _* _* 476
Teixeira et al. (2016)d Cross Sectional Interview
(Retrospective Pain Recall)
Elite Marathon M & F
(30 – 39y)
12
months
Y N N 199 149 235
van der Worp et al. (2016)a,d Prospective
Cohort Study
Recreational
5 – 10km F
(39 ± 12 y)
12
weeks
Y N FO 373 93 102
Malisoux et al. (2016a)d RCT Recreational
M & F
18 – 65y
6
months
Y N N 553 136 136*
Hespanhol Junior et al. (2016)c,d Prospective
Cohort Study
(Retrospective & Prospective Questionnaire)
Recreational
M & F
44 y ± 11 y
_
12
weeks
Y Y N 89
89
49
24
78
33
Smits et al. (2016) Prospective
Cohort
Novice
M & F
18 – 65y
6
weeks
Y N N _* 135 150
Hespanhol Junior et al. (2017a)c,d Prospective
Cohort
Trail
M&F
43.4 y
14
months
Y Y N 223 148 242
a= used to report anatomical location of injury in females
b=used to report anatomical location of injury in males
c=used to report overall proportions of specific injury pathology
d= used to report the overall prevalence of injury,
*=uncertainty about one of the following: the number of runners, the number of injured runners or the total number of injuries. M= male, F = female. MO=male only, FO=female only.