TY - JOUR
T1 - The awareness of injury prevention programmes is insufficient among French- and German-speaking sports medicine communities in Europe
AU - Tischer, Thomas
AU - Martens, Géraldine
AU - Cabri, Jan
AU - Thoreux, Patricia
AU - Tscholl, Philippe
AU - Edouard, Pascal
AU - Leclerc, Suzanne
AU - Le Garrec, Sébastien
AU - Delvaux, François
AU - Croisier, Jean Louis
AU - Kaux, Jean François
AU - Hannouche, Didier
AU - Lutter, Christoph
AU - Seil, Romain
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been financially supported by the International Olympic Committee Medical and Scientific Commission programme for Prevention of injury and protection of athlete health (IOC Research Centres).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s) under exclusive licence to European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy (ESSKA).
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
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. 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. 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. 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.
AB - 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. 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. 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. 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.
KW - Injury prevention
KW - Professional practice
KW - Sports-related injuries
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UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37074402
U2 - 10.1007/s00167-023-07416-w
DO - 10.1007/s00167-023-07416-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 37074402
AN - SCOPUS:85153046591
SN - 0942-2056
VL - 31
SP - 2563
EP - 2571
JO - Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
JF - Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
IS - 7
ER -