Jones Ben, Heyward Omar, Cross Matt, Stokes Keith, McCarthy Neil, Kemp Simon, Sheppy Emily, Greenlees Lottie, Beggs Marc, Bryan Richard, Fulton Jamie, Griffiths Rhys, Harris Joshua, Hughes Rhys, Hendricks Sharief, Lambert Mark, Jones Karen, Lancaster Mike, Lee Matt, Roberts Adam, Sandhu Nav, Sherriff Tom, Twiggs Mark, Roe Gregory
Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Premiership Rugby, London, UK.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2025 Jul;25(7):e70007. doi: 10.1002/ejsc.70007.
Sports invest in research to optimise performance and enhance athlete wellbeing. Involving stakeholders allows research priorities to be determined, maximising the adoption and relevance of research findings. A three-round modified Delphi process was used to establish wellbeing and performance research priorities for Premiership Rugby (Professional men's rugby union competition in England). Up to 10 research priorities were provided during Round 1 (grouped into higher-order categories and themes via content analysis). In Rounds 2 and 3, participants ranked higher-order categories on a one to five Likert scale. Consensus was defined as ≥ 70% agreement. Sixty-five participants responded in Round 1 (41 and 32 in Rounds 2 and 3). Staff and player experience of working or playing in the Premiership was 11.0 (4.5-16.5) and 7.0 (6.0-8.5) years. Following Round 1, 393 research priorities were provided and 53 higher-order research priorities and 26 categories were identified, within three themes: performance, wellbeing and injury. Following Round 3, 21 research priorities reached consensus within performance (n = 7), wellbeing (n = 6) and injury (n = 8). Research priorities for a professional sports league, were established by the application of a pragmatic research lens, to ensure priorities were practically minded and also developed with minimal resource requirements, minimal burden for participants and in a short amount of time, which can be applied in other leagues. Research priorities deemed feasible and lacking a relevant evidence base can be addressed in future studies to maximise impact and compliment the ongoing research programmes already established by the professional league and governing body.
体育界投入研究以优化表现并增进运动员的健康。让利益相关者参与进来有助于确定研究重点，从而使研究结果的采用率和相关性最大化。采用三轮改进的德尔菲法来确定英超橄榄球联赛（英格兰职业男子橄榄球联盟比赛）的健康与表现研究重点。在第一轮中提出了多达10项研究重点（通过内容分析将其归类为更高层次的类别和主题）。在第二轮和第三轮中，参与者以1至5的李克特量表对更高层次的类别进行排序。共识定义为达成≥70%的一致意见。第一轮有65名参与者回复（第二轮和第三轮分别有41名和32名）。在英超联赛工作或参赛的工作人员和运动员的经验分别为11.0（4.5 - 16.5）年和7.0（6.0 - 8.5）年。第一轮之后，共提出了393项研究重点，确定了53项更高层次的研究重点和26个类别，涵盖三个主题：表现、健康和伤病。第三轮之后，21项研究重点在表现（n = 7）、健康（n = 6）和伤病（n = 8）方面达成了共识。通过运用务实的研究视角确定了职业体育联盟的研究重点，以确保重点具有实际意义，并且在资源需求最少、对参与者负担最小且时间较短的情况下制定，这些重点可应用于其他联赛。被认为可行且缺乏相关证据基础的研究重点可在未来研究中加以探讨，以最大化影响并补充职业联赛和管理机构已有的正在进行的研究项目。
