School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Science, University College Dublin, Ireland; Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Ireland.
School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Science, University College Dublin, Ireland; Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Ireland.
J Sci Med Sport. 2022 Oct;25(10):820-827. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.07.001. Epub 2022 Jul 5.
Researchers have often struggled to successfully implement injury prevention strategies in real-world practice. This is despite such strategies proving successful in reducing overall injury incidence and burden. It has been hypothesised that this may be because the behavioural and contextual factors related to sports injury are not fully understood. Such factors stem from multiple key stakeholders, including the athlete. The primary aim of this study was to investigate athletes' knowledge and attitudes towards injury, injury reporting and prevention, as well as some of the barriers that may impact the future implementation of prevention strategies.
Qualitative; with semi-structured interviews following an interpretivist approach.
Twenty-two field hockey athletes, playing in the top-tier Irish Hockey League were interviewed. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, with three general dimensions containing six higher-order themes.
The findings highlighted that athletes have a varied understanding of injury, which tends to improve with experience. The reporting of injuries by athletes to members of the coaching staff was relatively poor. This may be due to limited resources and supports available to athletes which also cause challenges to injury prevention.
Future injury prevention strategies in field hockey need to account for athletes' varied understanding of what constitutes an injury. Furthermore, policy changes to influence potential barriers to injury may assist in preventing or reducing the number of injuries being sustained by athletes.
研究人员经常难以在实际实践中成功实施伤害预防策略。尽管这些策略在降低整体伤害发生率和负担方面取得了成功。有人假设，这可能是因为与运动伤害相关的行为和环境因素尚未得到充分理解。这些因素源于多个主要利益相关者，包括运动员。本研究的主要目的是调查运动员对伤害、伤害报告和预防的知识和态度，以及可能影响未来预防策略实施的一些障碍。
定性研究；采用解释主义方法进行半结构化访谈。
对 22 名参加爱尔兰曲棍球顶级联赛的曲棍球运动员进行了访谈。使用反思性主题分析对数据进行分析，其中包含三个包含六个高阶主题的一般维度。
研究结果表明，运动员对伤害的理解各不相同，而且随着经验的增加而有所改善。运动员向教练组报告伤害的情况相对较差。这可能是由于运动员可用的资源和支持有限，这也对伤害预防造成了挑战。
曲棍球运动未来的伤害预防策略需要考虑运动员对伤害构成的不同理解。此外，政策变化以影响潜在的伤害障碍可能有助于预防或减少运动员受伤的数量。
