This study just appeared online in the renowned British Journal of Sports Medicine. In this study, Evert Verhagen and Caroline Bolling collaborated with our Australian, South African and Canadian IOC Research Centres colleagues. This study explored the policy and practice impact of the IOC Consensus Statements on athlete health and medical team management in two economically and contextually diverse countries.
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PHD THESIS: Applying qualitative methods in sports injury prevention research
Another thesis that is approved and about to be defended before the committee. Caroline Bolling gave voice to athletes and artists in her work entitled “Who Me? I thought you would never ask!” in which she applied qualitative methods in sports injury prevention research. You may have seen some of her work already floating around Social Media where it was picked up by several clinical colleagues. Please find below the summary of her thesis, and drop us a line of you would like an electronic copy of the full book.
Read MoreAthletes, coaches and physiotherapists share their perspectives on injury prevention in elite sports
Hot off the press comes this publication by our own Caroline Bolling. Proud to say her qualitative work has created waves and found its way to the British Journal of Sports Medici e. This particular study explored how sports injury prevention takes place in elite sport practice and to describe the perspectives of athletes, coaches and physiotherapists regarding the most critical factors that help prevent injury in the elite sports context.
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From the safety net to the injury prevention web: applying systems thinking to unravel injury prevention challenges and opportunities in Cirque du Soleil
Hot off the press is our recent endeavor to apply systems thinking towards understating the injury and injury prevention context. We undertook this qualitative study within an international circus company—Cirque du Soleil—to explore the narrative of artists and the artistic team in regards to injuries and their prevention and to describe the prevention of injuries from a systems thinking lens. The outcomes show the need for a broader view on preventive interventions, and as we speak we are validating this in elite and professional sports as well (stay tuned for those outcomes).
Read MoreWhat if we ask them? How elite athletes, coaches and physio's perceive an injury.
Injury definition is a relevant topic in sports injury prevention, however we don't know if the theoretical sports injury definitions current applied in literature also align with the perspectives of the main stakeholders in an elite sports setting. What if we ask them? That was the aim of the study: to explore how athletes, coaches, and physiotherapists define a sports injury, and how the elite sport context influences their perception of injury.
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