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Common Injuries and Conditions in Crossfit Participation

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Crossfit is one of the rapidly growing “high-intensity functional training” conditioning programs that have become more popular in recent years. Due to high physical demands of Crossfit, it was initially assumed that Crossfit would be associated with high risk of injury. However, it has been reported that injury rates among Crossfit workout programs are low. It is expected that as the popularity of Crossfit continues to increase, physicians will encounter more injuries related to Crossfit. Many healthcare providers may not be familiar with the exercises and structure of a Crossfit workout. Therefore, in this chapter we will review the most common applied movements in Crossfit and their potential for injury, especially when combined in a hybrid fashion. This will provide sports physicians with a framework with which they will be able to understand, diagnose, and treat patients with injuries related to Crossfit.

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Giordano, B.D., Botros, M. (2023). Common Injuries and Conditions in Crossfit Participation. In: Miller, T.L. (eds) Endurance Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26600-3_16

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