TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Research approaches to describe the mechanisms of injuries in sport: limitations and possibilities
JO  - British journal of sports medicine
A1  - Krosshaug, T.
A1  - Andersen, Thor Einar
A1  - Olsen, Odd Einar
A1  - Myklebust, Grethe
A1  - Bahr, Roald
SP  - 330
EP  - 339
VL  - 39
IS  - 6
N2  - A number of different methodological approaches have been used to describe the inciting event for sports injuries. These include interviews of injured athletes, analysis of video recordings of actual injuries, clinical studies (clinical findings of joint damage are studied to understand the injury mechanism, mainly through plain radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, arthroscopy, and computed tomography scans), in vivo studies (ligament strain or forces are measured to understand ligament loading patterns), cadaver studies, mathematical modelling and simulation of injury situations, and measurement/estimation from "close to injury" situations. In rare cases, injuries have even occurred during biomechanical experiments. This review describes each research approach and assesses its strengths and weaknesses in contributing to the understanding and prevention of sports injuries.
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SN  - 0306-3674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2005.018358
ID  - ref1
ER  -