Colin Fuller Consultancy Ltd, Main Street, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5PE, UK.
Sports Med. 2019 Apr;49(4):621-629. doi: 10.1007/s40279-019-01083-z.
The aim of this study was to develop a quick and simple screening procedure for evaluating the return on investment provided by injury prevention programmes in professional football. Injury prevention in sport has usually been considered in isolation of other management responsibilities, and interventions are published irrespective of whether their impact is worthwhile and irrespective of the return on players' time investment in the programme. This approach is naive from a business perspective and is not an approach normally adopted by commercial organisations.
In professional football, the overwhelming cost associated with implementing an injury prevention programme is the players' time commitment, and the major benefit is the players' increased availability, achieved through the reduction in the number of injuries. A comparison of these time-based costs and benefits provides the basis for the evaluation process presented.
Applying the evaluation process to a number of published injury prevention programmes recommended for football demonstrates that they are unlikely to provide an adequate return on investment.
Researchers should focus on developing injury prevention programmes that provide an adequate return on players' time investment, otherwise there is no incentive for clubs to implement the programmes. Reporting that an injury prevention programme produces a statistically significant reduction in the incidence of injury, for example, is insufficient information. Injury prevention programmes should focus on 'at risk' players to increase the return on investment, and researchers should evaluate and report on the utility of prevention programmes within the intended sports setting.
本研究旨在开发一种快速而简单的筛选程序，用于评估职业足球中预防伤害计划的投资回报。运动中的伤害预防通常与其他管理职责分开考虑，并且无论其影响是否值得，无论运动员在该计划中的时间投入是否有回报，都会公布干预措施。从商业角度来看，这种方法是幼稚的，商业组织通常不会采用这种方法。
在职业足球中，实施预防伤害计划所涉及的主要成本是球员的时间投入，而主要收益是通过减少受伤次数来提高球员的上场率。对这些基于时间的成本和收益进行比较，为提出的评估过程提供了基础。
将评估过程应用于一些推荐用于足球的已发表的预防伤害计划表明，它们不太可能提供足够的投资回报。
研究人员应专注于开发能够为球员的时间投入提供足够回报的预防伤害计划，否则俱乐部就没有动力实施这些计划。例如，报告预防伤害计划在统计学上显著降低了伤害的发生率，这是不够的信息。预防伤害计划应侧重于“高危”球员，以提高投资回报，研究人员应在预期的运动环境中评估和报告预防计划的效用。
