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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 7/2023

19-04-2023 | SPORTS MEDICINE

The awareness of injury prevention programmes is insufficient among French- and German-speaking sports medicine communities in Europe

Authors: Thomas Tischer, Géraldine Martens, Jan Cabri, Patricia Thoreux, Philippe Tscholl, Pascal Edouard, Suzanne Leclerc, Sébastien Le Garrec, François Delvaux, Jean-Louis Croisier, Jean-François Kaux, Didier Hannouche, Christoph Lutter, Romain Seil

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 7/2023

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
The awareness of injury prevention programmes is insufficient among French- and German-speaking sports medicine communities in Europe
Authors
Thomas Tischer
Géraldine Martens
Jan Cabri
Patricia Thoreux
Philippe Tscholl
Pascal Edouard
Suzanne Leclerc
Sébastien Le Garrec
François Delvaux
Jean-Louis Croisier
Jean-François Kaux
Didier Hannouche
Christoph Lutter
Romain Seil
Publication date
19-04-2023
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 7/2023
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07416-w

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