Okholm Kryger Katrine, Dor Frédéric, Guillaume Marion, Haida Amal, Noirez Philippe, Montalvan Bernard, Toussaint Jean-François
Institute for Research in Medicine and Epidemiology of Sports (IRMES), National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP), Paris, France.
Institute for Research in Medicine and Epidemiology of Sports (IRMES), National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP), Paris, France
Am J Sports Med. 2015 Jan;43(1):34-40. doi: 10.1177/0363546514552996. Epub 2014 Nov 14.
The number of retirements, withdrawals, and "lucky losers" (the replacement of a player who withdraws before the start of the tournament by a losing player from the qualifying round) from professional tennis tournaments has increased, but the reasons behind such departures have not yet been analyzed. An official consensus statement has been conducted to allow a general categorization of injuries in tennis.
To determine the reasons for departure and injury rates in professional tennis.
Descriptive epidemiology study.
All reasons for departures were collected from official Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) web pages. All tournaments apart from the 4 major competitions (the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) were included for the period 2001-2012 for men and women. Personal data, tournament information, surface, match setting, date, and reason were obtained for each departure scenario.
Variations in departure and injury rates were seen throughout the season. Women left and were injured significantly more than men. Women mainly left because of thigh injuries, whereas men left mainly because of back injuries. Playing surface only had an influence on the risk of lower back injuries. Only women's departures were affected by the tournament round.
A high number of departures from tournaments have occurred during the past 10 years on the ATP and WTA circuits. Injuries were the main reasons of these departures, regardless of the type of departure and player sex. The back and thigh were the main locations of injuries for men and women, respectively.
职业网球赛事中退役、退赛以及“幸运落败者”（在赛事开始前退赛的选手被资格赛中落败的选手取代）的数量有所增加，但此类退赛背后的原因尚未得到分析。已发布一份官方共识声明，以便对网球运动中的伤病进行总体分类。
确定职业网球赛事中退赛的原因及伤病发生率。
描述性流行病学研究。
从职业网球联合会（ATP）和女子网球协会（WTA）的官方网页收集所有退赛原因。纳入2001年至2012年期间除4项大满贯赛事（澳大利亚网球公开赛、法国网球公开赛、温布尔登网球锦标赛和美国网球公开赛）之外的所有男女赛事。获取每个退赛情况的个人数据、赛事信息、场地、比赛设置、日期及原因。
整个赛季中退赛率和伤病发生率存在差异。女性退赛和受伤的情况明显多于男性。女性主要因大腿伤病退赛，而男性主要因背部伤病退赛。比赛场地仅对下背部受伤风险有影响。只有女性的退赛受赛事轮次影响。
在过去10年中，ATP和WTA巡回赛上出现了大量赛事退赛情况。伤病是这些退赛的主要原因，无论退赛类型和选手性别如何。背部和大腿分别是男性和女性受伤的主要部位。
