The running literature contains several good references for prevalence and incidence rates of lower extremity running injuries, but I cannot find any statistics about the public health costs of diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating these injuries. I am especially interested in costs of knee injuries and stress fractures of the tibia and metatarsals
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
http://naturalrunningcenter.com/2011/07/02/the-grassroots-revolution-in-natural-running-has-taken-off/ - this is just a link to an article that mentions that costs may outweigh benefits. Not sure if it will help but check it out anyway.
Dr. Chattopadhyay: thank you for the references. The first (Schmikli et al) has some helpful injury data, but unfortunately the second (Ho et al) is about preventing alcohol-related traumatic injuries, not exercise or sport-related injuries and their costs. Many thanks for your help!
Dr. Khan: thank you for searching and for forwarding the link, but I am hoping to find specific statistics describing the direct and indirect costs of running injuries. Thanks for the help!
Update: the closest we got to an answer for direct & indirect costs of running injuries came from the following article:
Knowles SB, Marshall SW, Miller T, Spicer R, Bowling J, Loomis D, Millikan R, Yang J, Mueller F. Cost of injuries from a prospective cohort study of North Carolina high school athletes. Injury prevention. 2007;13(6):416-21.
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