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Time to bin the term ‘overuse’ injury: is ‘training load error’ a more accurate term?
  1. M K Drew1,2,3,
  2. C Purdam1,2,3
  1. 1 Department of Physical Therapies, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  2. 2 Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  3. 3 Department of Physiotherapy, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  1. Correspondence to MK Drew, Department of Physical Therapies, Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra, VIC 2617, Australia; Mick.Drew{at}ausport.gov.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-095543

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    We read the recent systematic review on the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for overuse injuries of the wrist in young athletes and agree with the conclusion that age and early specialisation (early training commencement) are risk factors for injury.1 The study highlighted training intensity as a risk factor for overuse injuries. Given changes in training loads precede the onset of injury in cricket,2 football (soccer)3 and Australian football,4 we consider that overuse injuries can be considered errors in training load prescription and labelled as such. Care should also be taken with broadly labelling training intensity as a risk factor as moderate training loads are protective against injury Gabbett's ‘training injury prevention paradox’.5 ,6 High training loads may predispose to …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.