Required texts

Summative:

Smyth, E. A., A. Donaldson, M. K. Drew, M. Menaspa, J. Cooke, S. A. Guevara, C. Purdam, C. Appaneal, R. Wiasak and L. Toohey (2023). "What Contributes to Athlete Performance Health? A Concept Mapping Approach." Int J Environment Res Pub Health 20(1): 300. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010300

Models of Prevention

Fletcher, R., Fletcher, S. W., Fletcher, G. S., Fletcher, R., Fletcher, S. W., & Fletcher, G. S. (n.d.). Chapter 10: Prevention. In Clinical epidemiology: the essentials.

van Mechelen, W., Hlobil, H., Kemper, H. C., & Public and occupational health. (1992). Incidence, severity, aetiology and prevention of sports injuries. A review of concepts. Sports Medicine, 14(2), 82–99. https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199214020-00002

Finch, C. (2006). A new framework for research leading to sports injury prevention. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 9(1-2), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2006.02.009

Jacobsson, J., & Timpka, T. (2015). Classification of Prevention in Sports Medicine and Epidemiology. Sports Medicine, 45(11), 1483–1487. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-015-0368-x

Hulme, A., Salmon, P. M., Nielsen, R. O., Read, G. J. M., & Finch, C. F. (2017). Closing Pandora's Box: adapting a systems ergonomics methodology for better understanding the ecological complexity underpinning the development and prevention of running-related injury. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 18(4), 338–359. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2016.1274455

Bolling, C., Mellette, J., Pasman, H. R., van Mechelen, W., Verhagen, E., Public and occupational health, … CCA - Treatment and quality of life. (2019). From the safety net to the injury prevention web: applying systems thinking to unravel injury prevention challenges and opportunities in Cirque du Soleil. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 5(1), e000492. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000492

Surveillance

Timpka, T., Jacobsson, J., Bickenbach, J., Finch, C., Ekberg, J., & Nordenfelt, L. (2014). What is a Sports Injury? Sports Medicine, 44(4), 423–428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-014-0143-4

Timpka, T., Jacobsson, J., Ekberg, J., Finch, C. F., Bichenbach, J., Edouard, P., … Alonso, J. M. (2015). Meta-narrative analysis of sports injury reporting practices based on the Injury Definitions Concept Framework (IDCF): A review of consensus statements and epidemiological studies in athletics (track and field). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 18(6), 643–650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2014.11.393

Toohey, L., Drew, M., Fortington, L., Finch, C., & Cook, J. (2018). An Updated Subsequent Injury Categorisation Model (SIC-2.0): Data-Driven Categorisation of Subsequent Injuries in Sport. Sports Medicine, 48(9), 2199–2210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-018-0879-3

Clarsen, B., Bahr, R., Clarsen, B. (correspondence author), & Clarsen, B. (record owner). (2014). Matching the choice of injury/illness definition to study setting, purpose and design: one size does not fit all! British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(7), 510–512. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-093297

Shrier, I., Lamme, E., & Deschenes, E. (2014). Sport Medicine Surveillance 101: What Clinicians Need To Know When Choosing Software Programs To Record Injuries and Illnesses. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 13(5), 341–348. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000087

Stovitz, S. D., Shrier, I., Stovitz, S. D. (correspondence author), & Stovitz, S. D. (record owner). (2012). Injury rates in team sport events: tackling challenges in assessing exposure time. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46(14), 960–963. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2011-090693

Wik, E. H., Materne, O., Chamari, K., Duque, J. D. P., Horobeanu, C., Salcinovic, B., … Johnson, A. (2019). Involving research¿invested clinicians in data collection affects injury incidence in youth football. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 29(7), 1031–1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13427

Shrier, I., Clarsen, B., Verhagen, E., Gordon, K., Mellette, J., Shrier, I. (correspondence author), & Shrier, I. (record owner). (2017). Improving the accuracy of sports medicine surveillance: when is a subsequent event a new injury? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(1), 26–28. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096160

Finch, C. F., Fortington, L. V., Finch, C. F. (correspondence author), & Finch, C. F. (record owner). (2018). So you want to understand subsequent injuries better? Start by understanding the minimum data collection and reporting requirements. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(17), 1077–1078. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098225

Causation

Fletcher, R. H., & Fletcher, R. H. (n.d.). Chapter 12: Cause. In Clinical epidemiology: the essentials.

Shrier, I. (2007). Understanding Causal Inference: The Future Direction in Sports Injury Prevention. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 17(3), 220–224. https://doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0b013e3180385a8c

Glass, T. A., Goodman, S. N., Hernn, M. A., & Samet, J. M. (2013). Causal Inference in Public Health. Annual Review of Public Health, 34(1), 61–75. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124606

Hulme, A., & Finch, C. (2015). From monocausality to systems thinking: a complementary and alternative conceptual approach for better understanding the development and prevention of sports injury. Injury Epidemiology, 2(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-015-0064-1

Hjerrild, M., Videbaek, S., Theisen, D., Malisoux, L., & Oestergaard Nielsen, R. (2018). How (not) to interpret a non-causal association in sports injury science. Physical Therapy in Sport, 32, 121–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.05.009

Stovitz, S. D., Verhagen, E., & Shrier, I. (2019). Distinguishing between causal and non-causal associations: implications for sports medicine clinicians. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(7), 398–399. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098520

Screening

Gordis, l., & Gordis, L. (n.d.). Chapter 18: The epidemiological approach to evaluating screening programs. In Epidemiology. Fourth edition,. Retrieved from Gordis, L. (2008). Epidemiology. Fourth edition, Saunders.

Fletcher, R., Fletcher, S. W., Fletcher, G. S., Fletcher, R., Fletcher, S. W., & Fletcher, G. S. (n.d.). Chapter 10: Prevention. In Clinical epidemiology: the essentials.

Bahr, R., Bahr, R. (correspondence author), & Bahr, R. (record owner). (2016). Why screening tests to predict injury do not work-and probably never will…: a critical review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50(13), 776–780. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096256

Jacobsson, J., & Timpka, T. (2015). Classification of Prevention in Sports Medicine and Epidemiology. Sports Medicine, 45(11), 1483–1487. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-015-0368-x

Verhagen, E., Van Dyk, N., Clark, N., & Shrier, I. (2018). Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater; screening can identify meaningful risk factors for sports injuries. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(19), 1223–1224. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098547

Performance and health

Keyes, K., & Galea, S. (2015). What matters most: quantifying an epidemiology of consequence. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(5), 305–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.01.016

Dijkstra, H. P., Pollock, N., Chakraverty, R., & Alonso, J. M. (2014). Managing the health of the elite athlete: a new integrated performance health management and coaching model. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(7), 523–52331. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-093222

Mooney, M., Charlton, P. C., Soltanzadeh, S., & Drew, M. K. (2017). Who "owns" the injury or illness? Who "owns" performance? Applying systems thinking to integrate health and performance in elite sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(14), 1054–1055. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096649

Drew, M. K., Raysmith, B. P., Charlton, P. C., Drew, M. K. (correspondence author), & Drew, M. K. (record owner). (2017). Injuries impair the chance of successful performance by sportspeople: a systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(16), 1209–1214. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096731

Sports Epidemiology Methods

Knowles, S. B., Marshall, S. W., & Guskiewicz, K. M. (2006). Issues in estimating risks and rates in sports injury research. Journal of Athletic Training, 41(2), 207–215.

Brooks, J., & Fuller, C. (2006). The Influence of Methodological Issues on the Results and Conclusions from Epidemiological Studies of Sports Injuries. Sports Medicine, 36(6), 459–472. https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200636060-00001

Suggested reading (non-peer reviewed articles)

Raysmith, B. (n.d.). Managing performance. SportsPhysio. Retrieved from SportsPhysio, 2019, Issue 2, pp6-7. Published by Australian Physiotherapy Association

Blanch, P. (n.d.). How things have changed. SportsPhysio. Retrieved from SportsPhysio, ISSUE 2, 2019 pp8-9, published by the Australian Physiotherapy Association

Toohey, L. (2019). Avoiding the injury roundabout. SportsPhysio, (2), 10–11. Retrieved from SportsPhysio, published by Australian Physiotherapy Association

Mahony, K. (2019). Proactive approach to injury prevention. SportsPhysio, (2), 12–13. Retrieved from SportsPhysio, published by Australian Physiotherapy Association

Watson, K. C. (2019). Health and Athlete Performance. SportsPhysio, (2), 14–16.

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