TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The awareness of injury prevention programmes is insufficient among French- and German-speaking sports medicine communities in Europe
JO  - Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy
A1  - Tischer, Thomas
A1  - Martens, Géraldine
A1  - Cabri, Jan
A1  - Thoreux, Patricia
A1  - Tscholl, Philippe
A1  - Edouard, Pascal
A1  - Leclerc, Suzanne
A1  - Le Garrec, Sébastien
A1  - Delvaux, François
A1  - Croisier, Jean-Louis
A1  - Kaux, Jean-François
A1  - Hannouche, Didier
A1  - Lutter, Christoph
A1  - Seil, Romain
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - PURPOSE: Evaluate the current state of sports injury prevention perception, knowledge and practice among sports medicine professionals located in Western Europe and involved in injury prevention. <br><br>METHODS: Members of two different sports medicine organizations (GOTS and ReFORM) were invited to complete a web-based questionnaire (in German and in French, respectively) addressing perception, knowledge and implementation of sports injury prevention through 22 questions. <br><br>RESULTS: 766 participants from a dozen of countries completed the survey. Among them, 43% were surgeons, 23% sport physicians and 18% physiotherapists working mainly in France (38%), Germany (23%) and Belgium (10%). The sample rated the importance of injury prevention as "high" or "very high" in a majority of cases (91%), but only 54% reported to be aware of specific injury prevention programmes. The French-speaking world was characterized by lower levels of reported knowledge, unfamiliarity with existing prevention programmes and less weekly time spent on prevention as compared to their German-speaking counterparts. Injury prevention barriers reported by the respondents included mainly insufficient expertise, absence of staff support from sports organizations and lack of time. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is a lack of awareness regarding injury prevention concepts among sports medicine professionals of the European French- and German-speaking world. This gap varied according to the professional occupation and working country. Relevant future paths for improvement include specific efforts to build awareness around sports injury prevention. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0942-2056
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07416-w
ID  - ref1
ER  -