Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities
Sports activities can lead to exercise-related skin complaints. These include different symptoms (e.g. infections, mechanical injuries, contact dermatitis). Previous studies mostly focused only on skin infections and injuries in competitive athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine the fr...
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| author | Drewitz, Karl Philipp Hasenpusch, Claudia Kreuzpointner, Florian Schwirtz, Ansgar Klenk, Adolf Apfelbacher, Christian |
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| description | Sports activities can lead to exercise-related skin complaints. These include different symptoms (e.g. infections, mechanical injuries, contact dermatitis). Previous studies mostly focused only on skin infections and injuries in competitive athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of exercise-related skin complaints among sports students and to what extent these complaints influence physical fitness. We performed a self-administered online survey among 259 actively exercising sports students from two German universities. Descriptive analyses were conducted. The most common complaints were blistering (57.3%), dryness (56.7%), redness (44.7%), and chafing (34.0%). Hands and feet (78.0% each) were most frequently affected. Participants whose skin was particularly stressed (47.5%) had higher training duration (7.6 h/week, 95%-CI 6.8-8.3 h) than those without complaints (5.1 h/week, 95%-CI 5.5-6.7 h, p = 0.003). The students reported reduced intensity (34.7%) and frequency (22.7%) of training due to their skin complaints. A reduction in performance was reported by 32.0% of the students. Actively exercising sports students considered an intact skin as essential for their physical fitness. Reported impairments of the skin led to a reduced intensity and frequency of training. To enhance the awareness of exercise-related skin complaints, further research is necessary. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1795822024-08-18T15:39:30Z Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities Drewitz, Karl Philipp Hasenpusch, Claudia Kreuzpointner, Florian Schwirtz, Ansgar Klenk, Adolf Apfelbacher, Christian Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Exercising Skin complaints Sports activities can lead to exercise-related skin complaints. These include different symptoms (e.g. infections, mechanical injuries, contact dermatitis). Previous studies mostly focused only on skin infections and injuries in competitive athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of exercise-related skin complaints among sports students and to what extent these complaints influence physical fitness. We performed a self-administered online survey among 259 actively exercising sports students from two German universities. Descriptive analyses were conducted. The most common complaints were blistering (57.3%), dryness (56.7%), redness (44.7%), and chafing (34.0%). Hands and feet (78.0% each) were most frequently affected. Participants whose skin was particularly stressed (47.5%) had higher training duration (7.6 h/week, 95%-CI 6.8-8.3 h) than those without complaints (5.1 h/week, 95%-CI 5.5-6.7 h, p = 0.003). The students reported reduced intensity (34.7%) and frequency (22.7%) of training due to their skin complaints. A reduction in performance was reported by 32.0% of the students. Actively exercising sports students considered an intact skin as essential for their physical fitness. Reported impairments of the skin led to a reduced intensity and frequency of training. To enhance the awareness of exercise-related skin complaints, further research is necessary. Published version Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The study was supported by a grant from Dr. Kurt Wolf GmbH and intramural funding from the Universities Regensburg, Munich and Magdeburg. Publication of this article was supported by Project DEAL. 2024-08-12T02:43:29Z 2024-08-12T02:43:29Z 2024 Journal Article Drewitz, K. P., Hasenpusch, C., Kreuzpointner, F., Schwirtz, A., Klenk, A. & Apfelbacher, C. (2024). Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11829-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62357-9 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179582 10.1038/s41598-024-62357-9 38783013 2-s2.0-85193946205 1 14 11829 en Scientific Reports © 2024 The Author(s). Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Exercising Skin complaints Drewitz, Karl Philipp Hasenpusch, Claudia Kreuzpointner, Florian Schwirtz, Ansgar Klenk, Adolf Apfelbacher, Christian Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities |
| title | Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities |
| title_full | Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities |
| title_fullStr | Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities |
| title_short | Cross-sectional study on exercise-related skin complaints among sports students at two German universities |
| title_sort | cross sectional study on exercise related skin complaints among sports students at two german universities |
| topic | Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Exercising Skin complaints |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179582 |
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