Casals Martí, Cortés Jordi, Llenderrozos Daniel, Crespo Miguel, Hewett Timothy E, Martin Lorena, Baiget Ernest
Health Sciences National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia.
Department of Statistics and Operations Research Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2024 Nov 1;19(11):1465-1476. doi: 10.26603/001c.123948. eCollection 2024.
The demands of professional tennis, including physical and psychological aspects, contribute to the frequency of retirements at elite levels of the sport.
The aim of this study was to explore the frequency of injuries and the factors that influence the retirements of professional tennis players competing in the Davis Cup over the last two decades.
Retrospective cohort study.
The data set includes data from 6,060 men's singles matches that included 1,814,141 games from Davis Cup ties played between 2000 to 2019. Factors that might influence the retirements were studied by means of generalized linear models using Poisson distribution. Incidence rates by 1000 games and incidence rate ratios of retirements are provided as association measures.
The retirement incidence was 1.05 per 1000 games [95% CI: 0.90, 1.21]. The main risk factors associated with retirements were matches played on hard courts (IRR: 2.52 [95% CI: 1.32, 4.83]) and matches played in the final two matches of the tie and in a best-of-5-set format (IRR: 2.63 [95% CI: 1.69, 4.09] and IRR: 5.52 [95% CI: 3.50, 8.69], respectively). The most common injuries that led to retirements were those affecting the lower extremities, specifically involving muscular or tendinous tissues.
This study provides valuable insights for coaches, players, support teams, and epidemiologists regarding retirements and their associated risk factors in Davis Cup tournaments. These findings may guide future research and inform strategies aimed at managing player health and performance in professional tennis.
Level 2b.
职业网球的要求，包括身体和心理方面，导致了这项运动精英水平上退役情况的频繁发生。
本研究的目的是探讨过去二十年中参加戴维斯杯比赛的职业网球运动员的受伤频率以及影响其退役的因素。
回顾性队列研究。
数据集包括2000年至2019年戴维斯杯比赛中6060场男子单打比赛的数据，共计1814141局。通过使用泊松分布的广义线性模型研究可能影响退役的因素。提供每1000局的发生率和退役的发生率比作为关联度量。
每1000局的退役发生率为1.05[95%置信区间：0.90，1.21]。与退役相关的主要风险因素是在硬地球场上进行的比赛（发生率比：2.52[95%置信区间：1.32，4.83]）以及在比赛的最后两场比赛中以五盘三胜制进行的比赛（发生率比分别为：2.63[95%置信区间：1.69，4.09]和5.52[95%置信区间：3.50，8.69]）。导致退役的最常见伤病是影响下肢的伤病，特别是涉及肌肉或肌腱组织的伤病。
本研究为教练、球员、支持团队和流行病学家提供了关于戴维斯杯比赛中退役及其相关风险因素的宝贵见解。这些发现可能会指导未来的研究，并为旨在管理职业网球运动员健康和表现的策略提供信息。
2b级。
