{"id":11872,"date":"2026-03-23T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=11872"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:36:19","slug":"dissemination-and-implementation-of-injury-prevention-interventions-in-female-woman-girl-athletes-how-are-they-implemented-and-what-affects-their-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2026\/03\/23\/dissemination-and-implementation-of-injury-prevention-interventions-in-female-woman-girl-athletes-how-are-they-implemented-and-what-affects-their-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissemination and implementation of injury prevention interventions in female\/woman\/girl athletes \u2013 how are they implemented and what affects their use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rapidly increasing sport participation among female, woman, and girl athletes is mirrored by concerning increases in injury burden. Evidence-based injury prevention interventions can reduce injury (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1-4)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but getting these into routine practice remains challenging. A recent scoping review (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> examined how well injury prevention interventions are used in female\/woman\/girls\u2019 sport, and which dissemination and implementation (D&amp;I) strategies best support their uptake and sustainment. The review informed part of the International Olympic Committee Female woman and girl Athlete Injury pRrevention (FAIR) Consensus (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Why is this study important?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite strong evidence supporting various injury prevention interventions, many fail to translate into everyday practice. This is especially relevant for female\/woman\/girl athletes who often experience higher injury rates (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and worse outcomes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and participate in different sporting environments than male\/men\/boy athletes. Exercise-based interventions, for example, can reduce lower extremity injuries by 20\u201360% (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and shoulder injuries by up to 50% (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but coaches, athletes, and sport organisations still struggle to embed them consistently. Understanding how prevention strategies are used and what influences their adoption is critical for building safer sport systems. This scoping review helps identify what\u2019s working, what isn\u2019t, and where future focus is needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What did we do?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We searched nine major databases for studies reporting D&amp;I outcomes for injury prevention interventions, such as attitudes, awareness, or adoption and sustainment. When available, factors that facilitated or hindered D&amp;I were extracted, including intervention characteristics, competition level, coach or athlete attitudes, experience, and sex\/gender. The review also catalogued D&amp;I strategies used in experimental studies, such as who delivered interventions, when, and in what format.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What did we find?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across 220 papers spanning 81 sports, more than 419,000 participants were included: 96,790 athletes (49% female\/woman\/girl), 277,923 coaches (59% working with female\/woman\/girl athletes), and 44,481 other (e.g. health professionals). Interventions were training\/exercise programs (n=113), protective equipment (n=41), policies\/rules (n=5), and multimodal approaches (n=61). Most research was conducted in Europe, Oceania, and North America, leaving substantial gaps in Asia, Africa, and South America \u2014 regions that may have unique sporting environments and implementation constraints (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moderate\u2013high levels of adoption (60\u201380%) were reported across many studies, although far fewer examined how well interventions were delivered (e.g., correct dosage, frequency, or technique) or sustained over time. Protective equipment was adopted more consistently than training\/exercise interventions. Common barriers to implementing exercise-based interventions included time pressures, poor suitability for specific sports or younger athletes, and low coach confidence. Conversely, positive attitudes, greater confidence, previous injury experience, and higher playing levels were associated with better uptake. Importantly, parents, health professionals, and sport administrators \u2014 all key influencers of athlete behaviour \u2014 remain understudied. The most common D&amp;I strategy was pre-season education, often through online modules or in-person workshops delivered by researchers or health professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What are the key takeaways?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Implementation matters. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prevention interventions are effective, but improved implementation is essential to better protect female\/woman\/girl athletes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Adoption is high, but fidelity\/adaptation and sustainment is patchy. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many interventions are adopted initially, but few studies examined how well they were implemented (e.g. with the right frequency, duration) and sustained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Identified barriers and facilitators provide cues to optimise future implementation efforts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Time constraints, poor fit with sport demands, and low coach confidence hinder implementation, while positive attitudes, experience, and confidence support it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Effective D&amp;I strategies exist and must be context-specific.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Education and practical workshops can support adoption, but interventions and implementation strategies must be adaptable, engaging, sport-specific, and backed by organisational policy. In-season supervision may improve implementation, but more rigorous trials are needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Everyone has a role. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parents, teachers, health professionals, and administrators strongly influence implementation and must be included in future research and strategy development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Shill IJ, Shepherd HA, Eliason PH, et al. Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Br J Sports Med<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025 Published Online First: 2025\/09\/20. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109915 doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109915 [published Online First: 2025\/09\/20]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bullock GS, Raisanen AM, Martin C, et al. Prevention strategies for lower extremity injury: a systematic review and meta-analyses for the Female, Woman and Girl Athlete Injury Prevention (FAIR) Consensus. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Br J Sports Med<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025 Published Online First: 2025\/07\/12. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109910 doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109910 [published Online First: 2025\/07\/12]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Whittaker JL, Schulz JM, Galarneau JM, et al. Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for spine, chest, abdominal and\/or pelvic injury and pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Br J Sports Med<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025 Published Online First: 2025\/09\/02. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109900 doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109900 [published Online First: 2025\/09\/02]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Heming EE, Gibson ES, Friesen KB, et al. Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for upper extremity injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Br J Sports Med<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025 Published Online First: 2025\/10\/25. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109907 doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109907 [published Online First: 2025\/10\/25]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Patterson BE, McKay CD, Critchley ML, et al. Dissemination and implementation of injury prevention interventions: a scoping review for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British Journal of Sports Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025\u00a0 doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109904:bjsports-2025-109904. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-109904<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Crossley KM, Whittaker JL, Patterson B, et al. Female, woman and\/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) practical recommendations: International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British Journal of Sports Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025;59(22):1546. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-110889<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hardaker NJ, Hume PA, Sims ST. Differences in Injury Profiles Between Female and Male Athletes Across the Participant Classification Framework: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sports Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2024;54(6):1595-665. doi: 10.1007\/s40279-024-02010-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bruder AM, Culvenor AG, King MG, et al. Let&#8217;s talk about sex (and gender) after ACL injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported activity and knee-related outcomes. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Br J Sports Med<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2023;57(10):602-10. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2022-106099 [published Online First: 2023\/03\/09]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Patterson BE, Adom-Aboagye NAA, Constantini N, et al. Advancing global equity, diversity and inclusion in sport and exercise medicine consensus and research: deliberate, thoughtful steps from the FAIR consensus. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British Journal of Sports Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025\u00a0 doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-111063:bjsports-2025-111063. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2025-111063<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>Authors:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brooke Patterson [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kay Crossley [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1]<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Libby Gracias [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Olu Owoeye [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carly McKay [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3]<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Affiliations:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, Australian IOC Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Translational Injury Prevention Lab, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapidly increasing sport participation among female, woman, and girl athletes is mirrored by concerning increases in injury burden. 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