Sport injuries as the main cause of sport career termination among Finnish top-level athletes

References

• Arnason , A. , Sigurdsson , S. B. , Gudmundsson , A. , Holme , I. , Engebretsen , L. and Bahr , R. 2004 . Risk factors for injuries in football . American Journal of Sports Medicine , 32 ( Suppl. 1 ) : 5S – 16S .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beck , B. R. 1998 . Tibial stress injuries. An aetiological review for the purposes of guiding management . Sports Medicine , 26 : 265 – 279 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brown , G. , Gilbourne , D. and Claydon , J. 2009 . When a career ends: A short story . Reflective Practice , 10 : 491
   Google Scholar
• Brukner , P. and Bennell , K. 1997 . Stress fractures in female athletes. Diagnosis, management and rehabilitation . Sports Medicine , 24 : 419 – 429 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chmielewski , T. L. , Jones , D. , Day , T. , Tillman , S. M. , Lentz , T. A. and George , S. Z. 2008 . The association of pain and fear of movement/reinjury with function during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation . Journal of Orthopaedic Sports of Physical Therapy , 38 : 746 – 753 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Darrow , C. J. , Collins , C. L. , Yard , E. E. and Comstock , R. D. 2009 . Epidemiology of severe injuries among United States high school athletes: 2005–2007 . American Journal of Sports Medicine , 37 : 1798 – 1805 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dekker , R. , Groothoff , J. W. , van der Sluis , C. K. , Eisma , W. H. and Ten Duis , H. J. 2003 . Long-term disabilities and handicaps following sports injuries: Outcome after outpatient treatment . Disability and Rehabilitation , 25 : 1153 – 1157 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Drawer , S. and Fuller , C. W. 2001 . Propensity for osteoarthritis and lower limb joint pain in retired professional soccer players . British Journal of Sports Medicine , 35 : 401 – 408 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eloranta , I. , & Tittonen , T. 2006 . The reliability and validity of sport injury questionnaire in questions concerning acute and overuse injuries . (In Finnish) . Master's thesis. University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä , Finland .
   Google Scholar
• Gabbe , B. J. , Finch , C. F. , Bennell , K. L. and Wajswelner , H. 2003 . How valid is a self reported 12 month sports injury history? . British Journal of Sports Medicine , 37 : 545 – 547 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hagglund , M. , Walden , M. and Ekstrand , J. 2006 . Previous injury as a risk factor for injury in elite football: A prospective study over two consecutive seasons . British Journal of Sports Medicine , 40 : 767 – 772 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hupperets , M. D. , Verhagen , E. A. and van Mechelen , W. 2009 . Effect of unsupervised home based proprioceptive training on recurrences of ankle sprain: Randomized controlled trial . British Medical Journal , 339 : b2684
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Karhula , K. , & Pakkanen , S. 2005 . The reliability and validity of sport injury questionnaire in the questions concerning recurrent and career-ending injuries . (In Finnish) . Master's thesis. University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä , Finland .
   Google Scholar
• Kettunen , J. A. , Kujala , U. M. , Kaprio , J. , Koskenvuo , M. and Sarna , S. 2001 . Lower-limb function among former elite male athletes . American Journal of Sports Medicine , 29 : 2 – 8 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kleiber , D. and Brock , S. 1992 . The effect of career-ending injuries on the subsequent well-being of elite college athletes . Sociology of Sport Journal , 9 : 70 – 75 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kujala , U. M. 2004 . Evidence for exercise therapy in the treatment of chronic disease based on at least three randomized controlled trials – summary of published systematic reviews . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports , 14 : 339 – 345 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kujala , U. , Orava , S. , Parkkari , J. , Kaprio , J. and Sarna , S. 2003 . Sports career-related musculoskeletal injuries: Long-term health effects on former athletes . Sports Medicine , 33 : 869 – 875 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kvist , J. , Ek , A. , Sporrstedt , K. and Good , L. 2005 . Fear of re-injury: A hindrance for returning to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction . Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy , 13 : 393 – 397 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee , D. Y. , Karim , S. A. and Chang , H. C. 2008 . Return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction – A review of patients with minimum 5-year follow-up . Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore , 37 : 273 – 278 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nelson , M. E. , Rejeski , W. J. , Blair , S. N. , Duncan , P. W. , Judge , J. O. , King , A. C. and Casteneda-Sceppa , C. 2007 . Physical activity and public health in older adults: Recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association . Circulation , 116 : 1094 – 1105 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nyland , J. , Johnson , D. L. , Caborn , D. N. and Brindle , T. 2002 . Internal health status belief and lower perceived functional deficit are related among anterior cruciate ligament-deficient patients . Arthroscopy , 18 : 515 – 518 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Orchard , J. and Seward , H. 2002 . Epidemiology of injuries in the Australian Football League, seasons 1997–2000 . British Journal of Sports Medicine , 36 : 39 – 44 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pasanen , K. , Parkkari , J. , Pasanen , M. , Hiilloskorpi , H. , Makinen , T. , Jarvinen , M. and Kannus , P. 2008 . Neuromuscular training and the risk of leg injuries in female floorball players: Cluster randomised controlled study . British Medical Journal , 337 : a295
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Perna , F. M. , Ahlgren , R. L. and Zaichkowsky , L. 1999 . The influence of career planning, race, and athletic injury on life satisfaction among recently retired collegiate male athletes . The Sport Psychologist , 13 : 144 – 156 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Petitpas , A. L. , & Danish , S. J. 1995 . Caring for injured athletes . In S. M. Murphy , Sport psychology interventions (pp. 255 – 282 ). Champaign , IL : Human Kinetics .
   Google Scholar
• Ristolainen , L. , Heinonen , A. , Turunen , H. , Mannstrom , H. , Waller , B. , Kettunen , J. A. and Kujala , U. M. 2010 . Type of sport is related to injury profile: A study on cross country skiers, swimmers, long-distance runners and soccer players. A retrospective 12-month study . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports , 20 : 384 – 393 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Silbernagel , K. , Brorsson , A. , & Lundberg , M. 2011 . The majority of patients with achilles tendinopathy recover fully when treated with exercise alone: A 5-year follow-up . American Journal of Sports Medicine , 39 . 607 – 613 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Söderman , K. , Alfredson , H. and Pietila , T. 2001 . Risk factors for leg injuries in female soccer players: A prospective investigation during one out-door season . Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy , 9 : 313 – 321 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Söderman , K. , Pietila , T. , Alfredson , H. and Werner , S. 2002 . Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in young females playing soccer at senior levels . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports , 12 : 65 – 68 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thing , L. F. 2006 . Voices of the broken body. The resumption of non-professional female players' sports careers after anterior cruciate ligament injury. The female player's dilemma: Is she willing to run the risk? . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports , 16 : 364 – 375 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomee , P. , Wahrborg , P. , Borjesson , M. , Thomee , R. , Eriksson , B. I. and Karlsson , J. 2006 . A new instrument for measuring self-efficacy in patients with an anterior cruciate ligament injury . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports , 16 : 181 – 187 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vuolle , P. 2008 . Jääkiekkoilijan elämäntaival II. Tutkimus aktiiveista ja lopettaneista suomalaisista liigapelaajista [Life career of Finnish ice-hockey players] . Helsinki : The Finnish Society of Sports Sciences .
   Google Scholar
• Walden , M. , Hagglund , M. , Werner , J. , & Ekstrand , J. 2011 . The epidemiology of anterior cruciate ligament injury in football (soccer): A review of the literature from a gender-related perspective . Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy , 19 , 3 – 10 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar