Swanevelder, SonjaSewry, NicolaJordaan, Esme2022-10-052022-10-052022Swanevelder, S. et al. (2022). Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races- safer xxx. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 11(3), 339-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2021.11.0022213-2961https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2021.11.002http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8017There are limited data on factors that predict an increased risk of multiple injuries among distance runners. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors that are predictive of individual runners with a high annual multiple injury risk (MIR). A retrospective, cross-sectional study at 4 annual (2012–2015) Two Oceans 21.1 km and 56.0 km races in South Africa with 75,401 consenting race entrants. Running-related injury data were collected retrospectively through an online pre-race medical screening questionnaire. The average number of injuries for each runner every year was calculated by taking a runner's race entry history and injury history into account and categorizing entrants into 4 MIR categories (high, intermediate, low, and very low (reference)).enChronic diseasesMarathonSouth AfricaAllergiesArticle