Citation

Delfino Barboza S, Rössler R, Verhagen E. Clin. Sports Med. 2018; 37(3): 413-425.

Affiliation

Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, The Netherlands; Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: e.verhagen@vumc.nl.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.csm.2018.03.006

PMID

29903383

Abstract

Promoting sports participation for health is part of the public health agenda worldwide. The same holds true for preventing sports injury, an unfavorable consequence of sports. In order to transfer research findings to practice, however, clinicians should consider the particulars of design, outcome measures, and data analyses of sports injury prevention studies. This article provides a summary of approaches used to assess the effect of injury prevention strategy in sports. This summary is intended to support clinicians on the decision-making process to apply research findings in the area of sports injury prevention in their practice.

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Language: en

Keywords

Athletic injuries; Epidemiologic methods; Injury prevention; Sports medicine