Epidemiology of Injuries in Elite Badminton Players: a Prospective Study (BADINSEP)

Objective: To determine the incidence and characteristics of injuries in elite badminton players over a competitive season.

Design: 12-months prospective cohort study Setting: The French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP).

Participants: Twenty international elite badminton players Independent variables: The type, the location, the occurrence of the injury (match or training), the footwork type, the type of shot and the perceived fatigue were collected.

Main Outcome Measures: Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sport Injury

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Caen, France, 14000
    • CHU Caen Normandie

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

All the international elite badminton players training at the at the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Badminton players training at the at the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)
• Participant competing at an international level
• Medical follow-up over the 12-months duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participant unable to speak and read French language
• Participant under the age of 18
• Lack of informed and signed consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Injury incidence rates	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop).	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Injury incidence rates according to gender	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) in male and female	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up
Injury incidence rates according to discipline	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) in singles and doubles players	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up
Injury incidence rates according to occurence	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) in match or training	Injury incidence rates were calculated per 1000 hours of play (Hop) over the 12-month prospective follow-up
Description of injuries according to location (on the body, n)	Number of injuries according to location of the injury (on the body, n)	Description of the number of injuries according to location of the injury on the body (n) over the 12-month prospective follow-up
Description of injuries according to type of the injury (n)	Number of injuries according to type of the injury (n)	Description of injuries according to the type of the injury (structure: muscle, tendon, bone, nerve...) (n) over the 12-month prospective follow-up
Description of injuries according to location (on the body, % of all)	Distribution of injuries according to location of the injury (on the body, % of all)	Description of the distribution of injuries according to location of the injury on the body (%) over the 12-month prospective follow-up
Description of injuries according to type of the injury (% of all)	Distribution of injuries according to type of the injury (% of all)	Description of the distribution of injuries according to the type of the injury (structure: muscle, tendon, bone, nerve...) (%) over the 12-month prospective follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 27, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): November 29, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 26, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Epidemiology, Incidence, Athletic Injuries, Racquet Sports, Badminton
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Athletic Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: BADINSEP

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No