Associations between training behaviors and injuries in performance-oriented parkrunners using traditional statistical methods and machine learning

Han Wu; Katherine Brooke-Wavell; Clare Stevinson; Hui Fang; Keyi Zhong; Richard C. Blagrove

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0350075

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Associations between training behaviors and injuries in performance-oriented parkrunners using traditional statistical methods and machine learning

Han Wu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Katherine Brooke-Wavell,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Clare Stevinson,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Hui Fang,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Keyi Zhong,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Information Management, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Richard C. Blagrove

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: R.C.Blagrove@lboro.ac.uk

Affiliation National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7057-8073

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Associations between training behaviors and injuries in performance-oriented parkrunners using traditional statistical methods and machine learning

Han Wu,
Katherine Brooke-Wavell,
Clare Stevinson,
Hui Fang,
Keyi Zhong,
Richard C. Blagrove

Published: August 19, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0350075

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