Shill Isla J, Räisänen Anu, Black Amanda M, Barden Craig, van den Berg Carla, McKay Carly D, West Stephen W, Pasanen Kati, Hagel Brent E, Emery Carolyn A
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Front Sports Act Living. 2021 May 31;3:672603. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.672603. eCollection 2021.
Canadian rugby coach injury prevention beliefs and attitudes have not been studied, yet are key to informing injury prevention strategy implementation. Despite neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up success in reducing injury, adoption of these programs is variable. Therefore, objectives of this study included (1) describing Canadian youth rugby coach injury prevention beliefs and attitudes and current warm-up practices and (2) evaluating intention to use a rugby-specific NMT warm-up. High school rugby coaches completed a questionnaire before and after a rugby-specific NMT warm-up workshop. The pre-workshop questionnaire captured demographics, current warm-up practice, and NMT warm-up knowledge and use. Both questionnaires captured injury prevention beliefs, attitudes and behavioral intention. Forty-eight coaches participated in the workshops. Pre-workshop, 27% of coaches were aware of NMT warm-ups. Coaches primarily included aerobic and stretching components, while balance components were not common in their warm-ups over the past year. Additionally, 92% of coaches agreed to some extent they would "complete a rugby-specific warm-up program prior to every game and training session this season." Post-workshop, 86% of coaches agreed to some extent that they would use the program in every rugby session. No differences were observed between pre- and post-workshop intention to implement the warm-up ( = 0.10). This is the first study to examine current Canadian youth rugby coach warm-up practices and intention to use NMT warm-ups. Canadian rugby coach intention to use a rugby-specific NMT warm-up is high, providing ample opportunity to investigate the efficacy of a NMT warm-up in youth rugby.
加拿大橄榄球教练对伤病预防的信念和态度尚未得到研究，但这是指导伤病预防策略实施的关键。尽管神经肌肉训练（NMT）热身在减少伤病方面取得了成功，但这些项目的采用情况却各不相同。因此，本研究的目的包括：（1）描述加拿大青少年橄榄球教练对伤病预防的信念和态度以及当前的热身做法；（2）评估使用特定于橄榄球的NMT热身的意愿。高中橄榄球教练在参加特定于橄榄球的NMT热身工作坊前后完成了一份问卷。工作坊前的问卷收集了人口统计学信息、当前的热身做法以及NMT热身知识和使用情况。两份问卷都收集了伤病预防信念、态度和行为意愿。48名教练参加了工作坊。工作坊前，27%的教练知晓NMT热身。教练们的热身主要包括有氧和拉伸部分，而在过去一年的热身中，平衡部分并不常见。此外，92%的教练在某种程度上同意他们会“在本赛季的每场比赛和训练前完成特定于橄榄球的热身项目”。工作坊后，86%的教练在某种程度上同意他们会在每次橄榄球训练中使用该项目。工作坊前后实施热身的意愿没有差异（P = 0.10）。这是第一项研究加拿大青少年橄榄球教练当前热身做法以及使用NMT热身意愿的研究。加拿大橄榄球教练使用特定于橄榄球的NMT热身的意愿很高，这为研究NMT热身在青少年橄榄球中的效果提供了充足的机会。
