Wheel-gymnastic-related injuries and overuse syndromes of amateurs and professionals

Purpose Wheel gymnastics is a gymnastic discipline with a history of nearly 100 years. So far, there have been no epidemiological studies on injuries in wheel gymnastics. Methods The retrospective study of wheel gymnasts surveyed 151 “professionals” competing in the first national league and 352 “amateurs” by questionnaire. Results 4,898 injuries and 714 overuse syndromes were found in 988,718.9 h of training, leading to a time loss of 16,302 days. An incidence of 9.44 injuries per 1,000 h was found in wheel gymnastics. “Professionals” had a highly significant lower incidence than “amateurs” (5.23 vs. 11.24 injuries per 1,000 h; p