Extending in-competition Athletics injury and illness surveillance with pre-participation risk factor screening: A pilot study

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 98-106

  Edouard, Pascal ^a,b,c   Jacobsson, Jenny ^d,e   Timpka, Toomas ^d   Alonso, Juan Manuel ^f,g   Kowalski, Jan ^d,e   Nilsson, Sverker ^d,e   Karlsson, David ^d   Depiesse, Frédéric ^c,h,i   Branco, Pedro ^f,i  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Medical Commission   (France)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Medical Association   (Sweden)

^f International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF   (Monaco)

^g ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^h TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ European Athletics Medical and Anti Doping Commission European Athletics Association (EAA)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Injury illness surveillance; Pre competition medical assessment; Sports injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHAMPIONSHIP; COMPETITION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY AND ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRE PARTICIPATION HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928526367     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: 18731600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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