Ten Tips to Hurdle the Injuries and Illnesses During Major Athletics Championships: Practical Recommendations and Resources

Édouard, Pascal; Richardson, Andy; Murray, Andrew; Duncan, Jennifer; Glover, Danny; Kiss, M.; Depiesse, Frédéric; Branco, Pedro

doi:10.3389/fspor.2019.00012

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“…Like other sports, participation in athletics (track and field) leads to injury risk. 1 Although to date there is little scientific evidence specifically on risk reduction strategies in athletics, [1][2][3][4] it seems important to implement effective injury risk reduction programmes (IRRP), as seen in other sports. [5][6][7] However, in athletics, 2,8 running, 9 and other sports, 10,11 studies investigating the effects of IRRP tend to show low compliance with suggested risk reduction interventions, limiting the impact of IRRP to those athletes who choose to adopt an IRRP.…”

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Determinants of the adoption of injury risk reduction programmes in athletics (track and field): an online survey of 7715 French athletes

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ObjectivesTo identify individual characteristics associated with the adoption of injury risk reduction programmes (IRRP) and to investigate the variations in sociocognitive determinants (ie, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and intentions) of IRRP adoption in athletics (track and field) athletes.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study using an online survey sent to athletes licensed with the French Federation of Athletics to investigate their habits and sociocognitive determinants of IRRP adoption. Sociodemographic characteristics, sports practice and history of previous injuries were also recorded. Logistic regression analyses and group comparisons were performed.ResultsThe final sample was composed of 7715 athletes. From the multivariable analysis, competing at the highest level was positively associated with IRRP adoption (adjusted OR (AOR)=1.66; 99.9% CI 1.39 to 1.99 and AOR=1.48; 99.9% CI 1.22 to 1.80) and presenting a low number of past injuries was negatively associated with IRRP adoption (AOR=0.48; 99.9% CI 0.35 to 0.65 and AOR=0.61; 99.9% CI 0.44 to 0.84), both during their lifetime and the current season, respectively. These results were supported by higher scores of sociocognitive determinants among athletes who reported IRRP adoption compared with other athletes.ConclusionSome characteristics of athletes seem to be associated with IRRP adoption either positively (competing at the highest level) or negatively (presenting a lower number of past injuries), whereas all the sociocognitive determinants tested appear to be linked to IRRP adoption. Since many athlete characteristics are difficult or impossible to change, IRRP promotion may be enhanced by targeting athletes’ beliefs and intentions to adopt an IRRP.

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“…on injury prevention in athletics [1,12,19,20]. These efforts thus meet the perception of interest of most stakeholders of all categories (i.e.…”

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“…Several ideas have been suggested to limit injuries in athletics (e.g., physical conditioning, healthier lifestyle, communication) [1,12,19]. Such suggested injury prevention measures are available in international scientific publications journals [1,12] or athletics community journals [19]. However, our results suggest that this communication channel may not be the best to meet the communication preferences of stakeholders, except for coaches and health professionals who preferred journals in 43.6% and 40.8% of responders.…”

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French Athletics Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Relevance and Expectations on Injury Prevention

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This study aimed to explore how stakeholders in athletics perceived the relevance of injury prevention, determine their communication preferences, and describe their expectations regarding injury prevention. We conducted a cross-sectional study using an exploratory online survey with high-level athletes (i.e., listed by the French ministry of sports), non-high-level athletes (i.e., all competitive level except high-level athletes), coaches, and health professionals licensed with the French Federation of Athletics. There were 2,864 responders to the survey. Almost all responders found that injury prevention is relevant (97.7% [95% CI 97.0% to 98.2%]), without any significant differences in the distribution between stakeholders’ age, experience and sex (p > 0.05). About three-quarters of the stakeholders preferred to find injury prevention information on a website (77.4%) without significant differences between stakeholders’ categories (p > 0.05); other media to find injury prevention information was chosen by less than 50% of responders. Expectations about injury prevention were mainly explanations, advice and tips about injury knowledge, management and prevention, based on expert opinion and/or scientific research. In conclusion, these results confirm that injury prevention is a challenge shared by numerous stakeholders in athletics, within France, and provide some orientation on how and what information to disseminate to these stakeholders

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“…Currently and to our knowledge, there is few scientific evidence on the efficacy of injury prevention measures in athletics, 27 especially in the context of major championships. Therefore, we suggest using measures proposed by evidence from other sports and experience of experts in athletics, 28 focusing on the most common injuries (hamstring injuries, ankle sprains, lower leg muscle injuries and Achilles tendinopathies), and regarding the specific challenges of the multiple events.…”

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In-competition injuries and performance success in combined events during major international athletics championships

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Ten Tips to Hurdle the Injuries and Illnesses During Major Athletics Championships: Practical Recommendations and Resources

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Determinants of the adoption of injury risk reduction programmes in athletics (track and field): an online survey of 7715 French athletes

Determinants of the adoption of injury risk reduction programmes in athletics (track and field): an online survey of 7715 French athletes

French Athletics Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Relevance and Expectations on Injury Prevention

In-competition injuries and performance success in combined events during major international athletics championships

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