Lesões musculoesqueléticas desencadeadas pelos praticantes de corrida no atletismo

Abstract

Introduction: Sports injuries are characterized as any pain or musculoskeletal pathology resulting from training and competitions that include events capable of causing changes in normal practices. Athletics is a modality that differs from the others, for it allows different biomechanical gestures due to the specificity in the gestural execution of the movements because of the dynamics in the form of training, which is accentuated in the high performances. The increase of injuries within this modality generates great concern for professionals and athletes involved. Objective: to classify, through literature, the evidence on musculoskeletal injuries triggered by runners. Methods: literature review, exploratory/descriptive dialogue - bibliographic, qualitative, comparative, and of basic nature. Having as theoretical framework, works by renowned authors who address with knowledge and coherence, the aforementioned theme in this research. Results: The PubMed, BVS and Scielo data search found a total of 474 articles, of which 147 PubMed results, 291 BSV results, 36 Scielo results. Only 9 studies were selected for the present research. Final considerations: Regarding the occurrence or absence of injuries, there are divergent opinions about which injuries are more common in athletes. Some report that the most common injuries are those involving the knee, ankle and foot, with overuse injuries such as medial tibial stress syndrome, Achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis being the most common.