OVERUSE INJURIES IN HIKING PRACTITIONERS Wellington Rui Andrade de Assis Jr., Irapajy da Silva Caetano, Fabio Giordano

Abstract

The practice of physical exercise grows more and more and the activity of pedestrianism or street running, whether for the purpose of health improvement, performance or just pure leisure, has made this practice a phenomenon. A number of practitioners do not know the benefits and wrongs of regular practice or not of physical activity, and that especially if they are not performed with specialized guidance, this can result in injury. Street racing is a set of exercises with repetitive movements that can cause injury. Thus, the purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to verify the prevalence of overuse injuries in men and women practicing walking. The sample consisted of 283 recreational street runners over 18 years of age who regularly run at least once a week, on their own account or under the guidance of Phisical Education Professional (PEP), who have or have not had any injuries of the practice of the race specifying, if so, which specific part of the body the injury occurred and if it ever needed to move away from work because of that injury and for how long. We evaluated the data by the Questionnaire - Referenced Morbidity Survey - Adapted, which was inserted along with the Informed Consent Term in a virtual survey platform, Survey Monkey, generating an access link that was attached to virtual social networks and blogs of corridors, to be answered. The questionnaire was also applied, directly with the hikers on the edge of the beaches of Baixada Santista. The statistical programs Statistica7 and PAST were used both to measure the sample adequacy and to analyze the data collected. We observed that of the total of 136 male runners, 54 had an injury, and of the total of 147 female runners, 44 were injured. However, of these 54 injured hikers, 34 receive PEP guidance and 20 receive no guidance, however, 12 had to move away from work due to injuries. Of the 44 injured runners, 21 receive PEP guidance and 23 receive no guidance, but 14 had to move away from work due to injuries. Thus, we conclude that there were numerous injuries due to overuse in street running, with predominance in the lower limbs, sometimes resulting in contexts with socioeconomic implications, despite PEP orientation.