Cross Fertilising Injury Prevention (IP) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) There is irrefutable evidence that injury prevention efforts will only work if the people they are intended for, such as sports participants, actually adopt them (e.g. Finch, 2006). More recently, however, it has become recognised that whether or not they do so, […]
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Listen and learn from others to prevent injury
Cross Fertilising Injury Prevention (IP) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) Preventing injuries needs more than just researchers to develop and evaluate interventions. It also needs more than just professionals or practitioners to implement programs and safety measures. It needs both. The August 2012 46(10) issue of the British Journal of […]
Is it any wonder that concussion prevention is not working?
Cross Fertilising Injury Prevention (IP) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) If any topic has to take the top prize for the most talked about sports injury issue globally in 2012, surely that has to be won by concussion, or head injury. Both scientific and public commentary has debated a range of prevention […]
Justifying BokSmart for rugby injury prevention
The June 2012, Volume 46 (8) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine is led by the South African Sports Medicine Association and so it is fitting that it has a major focus on injury prevention in rugby union. In describing the issue, Patricios’ editorial item specifically mentions describes BokSmart which is South […]
End-user considerations are important for successful injury prevention implementation planning and better sports medicine screening decision making
Successful prevention program implementation and dissemination of advice requires careful planning. An editorial by Donaldson and Finch in the April 2012 46(5) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) stresses that such planning must be strategic, systematic and contextual. This editorial also emphasises that the perspectives of the end-users in relation to […]
Twitter for dissemination of injury messages – more discussion about primary prevention needed
In his recent blog about Twitter feeds for injury prevention, Editor Brian Johnston highlights the value of this social media tool for keeping abreast of injury prevention knowledge. His message is aimed mainly at the researcher, practitioner and policy readers of Injury Prevention. As someone who has been actively using and accessing Twitter over […]
Hamstring muscle injuries – a challenge for sport and injury prevention
Hamstring injuries are a major problem in sport, both because of their frequency and the fact that they are known to be highly recurrent (up to 30%). These injuries do not feature prominently in hospital-based injury data collections because they are generally treated outside of the hospital setting, but injury surveillance studies conducted directly with […]
Implementing sports injury prevention – improving translation and dissemination of advice
The December, Volume 45(16), Injury Prevention and Health Promotion issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Injury Prevention’s sister journal, has three papers with strong messages about how sports injury prevention efforts could be enhanced through better translation of scientific evidence or different targeting of messages. The Editor’s choice paper by Finch, summarizes the […]