Thomas Joel, Walker Tom W M, Miller Stuart, Cobb Alistair, Thomas Steven J
Academic Clinical Fellow, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, South West Cleft Service, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2016 Nov-Dec;6(6):501-508. doi: 10.4103/2231-0762.195513.
Systematic analysis of integral aspects within sport enables improvement in performance. One key aspect is the management and prevention of injuries. Bibliometrics is a systematic method for evaluating research output. It may be expected that the quantity and quality of sports injury research over time may strongly correlate with the timing of the Olympic games. This study was conducted to determine the effect of the Olympic legacy on academic sports medicine and evidence to prevent injuries of the face and teeth. A literature search within the PubMed database was undertaken to identify the quantity of literature published annually between 1996 and 2015 in the fields of sports injuries and injury prevention. The top 5 journals publishing in each field were then identified and the change in their impact factor (IF) was investigated. It was seen that, since 1996, there has been an overall increase in the quantity of literature published regarding sports injuries and prevention of sports injuries of 209% and 217%, respectively. Publications regarding facial injuries and dental injuries within sport show an increase of 114% and 71%, respectively. There was an increase in IF since 2000 in almost every journal investigated. A strong, positive correlation is seen among journals publishing on the prevention of sports injuries, showing a median IF increase of 2.8198. No statistical significance was found between Olympic years and the number of publications. Hence, there has been a gradual increase in both the quality and quantity of publications regarding sports injuries since 1996. However, there appears to be no immediate added effect of the "Olympic legacy" following each Olympic games on the quantity or quality of publications in these fields.
对体育运动各个方面进行系统分析有助于提高运动成绩。其中一个关键方面是伤病的管理与预防。文献计量学是一种评估研究产出的系统方法。可以预期，随着时间推移，运动损伤研究的数量和质量可能与奥运会举办时间密切相关。本研究旨在确定奥运遗产对学术运动医学的影响以及预防面部和牙齿损伤的证据。在PubMed数据库中进行文献检索，以确定1996年至2015年期间每年在运动损伤和损伤预防领域发表的文献数量。然后确定每个领域发表文献最多的前5种期刊，并调查其影响因子（IF）的变化。结果发现，自1996年以来，关于运动损伤和运动损伤预防的文献数量总体分别增加了209%和217%。关于运动中面部损伤和牙齿损伤的文献分别增加了114%和71%。自2000年以来，几乎每本被调查的期刊的影响因子都有所增加。在发表运动损伤预防相关内容的期刊之间存在很强的正相关，影响因子中位数增加了2.8198。在奥运年和出版物数量之间未发现统计学意义。因此，自1996年以来，关于运动损伤的出版物在数量和质量上都有逐渐增加。然而，似乎每届奥运会之后的“奥运遗产”对这些领域出版物的数量或质量并没有直接的额外影响。
