- Title
- Intervention strategies used in sport injury prevention studies : A systematic review identifying studies applying the Haddon matrix
- Creator
- Vriend, Ingrid; Gouttebarge, Vincent; Finch, Caroline; van Mechelen, Willem; Verhagen, Evert
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article; Review
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159942
- Identifier
- vital:12077
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0718-y
- Identifier
- ISSN:0112-1642
- Abstract
- Background: Prevention of sport injuries is crucial to maximise the health and societal benefits of a physically active lifestyle. To strengthen the translation and implementation of the available evidence base on effective preventive measures, a range of potentially relevant strategies should be considered. Objective: Our aim was to identify and categorise intervention strategies for the prevention of acute sport injuries evaluated in the scientific literature, applying the Haddon matrix, and identify potential knowledge gaps. Methods: Five electronic databases were searched (PubMed, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL, Cochrane) for studies that evaluated the effect of interventions on the occurrence of acute sport injuries. Studies were required to include a control group/condition, prospective data collection, and a quantitative injury outcome measure. Results: A total of 155 studies were included, mostly randomised controlled trials (43%). The majority of studies (55%) focussed on strategies requiring a behavioural change on the part of athletes. Studies predominantly evaluated the preventive effect of various training programmes targeted at the ‘pre-event’ phase (n = 73) and the use of equipment to avoid injury in the ‘event phase’ (n = 29). A limited number of studies evaluated the preventive effect of strategies geared at rules and regulations (n = 14), and contextual modifications (n = 18). Studies specifically aimed at preventing re-injuries were a minority (n = 8), and were mostly related to ankle sprains (n = 5). Conclusions: Valuable insight into the extent of the evidence base of sport injury prevention studies was obtained for 20 potential intervention strategies. This approach can be used to monitor potential gaps in the knowledge base on sport injury prevention. © 2017, The Author(s).
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Relation
- Sports Medicine Vol. 47, no. 10 (2017), p. 2027-2043
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2017, The Author(s).
- Rights
- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Sport injury; Injury prevention; Intervention strategies; Haddon matrix
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