Key words: Athletic Injuries; Running; Sporting injuries; Sports medicine This blog is based on a recently published BJSM study (1). Why is this study important? Running continues to grow in popularity worldwide—celebrated for its health benefits and accessibility. Although it also comes with a downside: the risk of injuries. Up to half of all runners […]
Tag: Injury prevention
Does a new injury prevention programme (FUNBALL) prevent injuries in youth male football (soccer) players?
We recently published a cluster-randomised controlled trial (cluster-RCT) in BJSM. It investigated the efficacy of a new injury prevention programme (IPP) called ‘FUNBALL’ in reducing the injuries in youth male football players (1). The summary of this study is outlined in this blog. Why is this study important? The importance of injury prevention in football is well documented. […]
The origin of the “vicious circle” of injuries in athletics (track and field)
Keywords: Injury; epidemiology; injury prevention; injury risk factors; youth; growing. This blog summarises a recently published study to better understand the primary injury in athletes and investigate if it plays a role in their performance and career (1). The main findings of this study are displayed in the attached infographic and portray the main findings […]
Bridging the gap between research and the training field – how are we helping sports coaches to deliver injury prevention programmes?
Keywords: injury prevention; field sport; coach education; sport injury. Our recently published scoping review aimed to summarise ‘train-the–trainer’ approaches to injury prevention programmes within field-sports (1). Essentially, we wanted to better understand what help, support and education sports coaches are offered to better serve the needs of these coaches and their players. Why is this […]
Health information provided through a digital platform decreased the likelihood of sustaining a new injury in youth athletics (track and field)
Authors: Jenny Jacobsson, Jan Kowalski, Toomas Timpka, Armin Spreco, Per-Olof Hansson and Örjan Dahlström. The Athletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. Contact: jenny.jacobsson@liu.se Twitter: @Jenny_Jacobsson We present here an overview of our randomized control trial published in BJSM on providing health and training information adjusted for youth athletics (track and field) via a digital health platform. […]
Can technology help identify training patterns associated with running-related injuries?
Both competitive and recreational runners are increasingly using GPS watches and smartphone apps that collect large amounts of training data. Many online programs use these data to provide training guidance, which claims to improve running performance and prevent injuries. While increasing training volume has been identified as a modifiable risk factor for running-related injury in […]
Does an extended Knee Control programme that aims to improve feasibility and adherence prevent injuries in football players?
Why is this study important? Injury prevention exercise programmes (IPEPs) efficaciously prevent injuries, but studies show challenges related to low adherence with IPEPs [1-3]. Irrespective of the IPEPs’ efficacy in preventing injuries, the programmes also need to be feasible in a real-world context outside the well-organised randomised controlled trial to be able to prevent injuries […]
Moving towards a triplanar view of hamstring strain injuries
Broadening understanding beyond simply ‘sprint’ and ‘stretch’ type injuries may impact injury prevention, rehabilitation, and diagnosis History of hamstring injury mechanisms Since 2006, we have known that the mechanism of injury impacts functional deficits, injury location and time to return to play (1-4) . At that point, these mechanisms were viewed as sprint type (occurring, […]
Why reinforcing good practice around head #BUMPs and re-thinking what makes us go ‘#OUCH’ could benefit player welfare in rugby
In 2008, research showed that 58% of players diagnosed with concussion after the game had remained on the field after their head injury event(1,2). Since then, we have seen a paradigm shift not only in terms of how head injuries are viewed across the rugby landscape, but also in terms of the processes put in […]
The leader within us
What is the problem? Sports injury monitoring systems have adopted an increasingly scientific approach to monitoring players’ health through standardised consensus-based guidelines.1 2 Within these systems, athletes are usually instructed to report their injuries based on a delineated injury definition. Then medical staff review the data and determine the required necessary actions. Yet, injury monitoring […]