Lovell R, Okholm Kryger K
Women's Football Division, FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland.
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Sports Med. 2025 Aug 25. doi: 10.1007/s40279-025-02250-1.
The rapid professionalisation of women's football has exposed significant gaps in biopsychosocial research that is essential to support player development, health, and career longevity. This current opinion examines historical deficiencies in research related to women's football, and presents the WOMEN framework (World-wide representation, Open science, Methodology excellence, Evidence-based practice, Nurturing talent) to address these gaps and provide future research directions. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of diversity in research populations, adoption of open science practices and methodological rigor to produce impactful, generalisable findings. The framework also signifies the importance of research to support nurturing talent from youth to elite levels, considering the unique factors affecting female players. By learning from the past, and using available guidelines and resources, the existing knowledge gaps can be bridged to support evidence-based advancements in women's football, promoting both performance enhancement and player wellbeing across all stages of an athlete's career.
女子足球的迅速职业化暴露了生物心理社会研究方面的重大差距，而这些研究对于支持运动员发展、健康和职业生涯的长久性至关重要。本观点文章审视了与女子足球相关研究中的历史缺陷，并提出了WOMEN框架（全球代表性、开放科学、卓越方法、循证实践、培养人才），以填补这些差距并提供未来的研究方向。重点强调了研究人群多样性的必要性、采用开放科学实践以及方法的严谨性，以产生有影响力、可推广的研究结果。该框架还凸显了研究对于支持从青少年到精英水平培养人才的重要性，同时考虑到影响女性运动员的独特因素。通过吸取过去的经验教训，并利用现有的指导方针和资源，可以弥合现有的知识差距，以支持女子足球基于证据的进步，在运动员职业生涯的各个阶段促进成绩提升和运动员福祉。
