Perspectives on reasons why football and handball players sustain acute and severe knee injuries: a mixed-methods concept mapping study.

ABSTRACT: The high incidence of knee injuries in football/handball challenges effective prevention. Identifying tangible and modifiable factors associated with a knee injury may innovate preventive actions. Engaging key stakeholders can reveal crucial insights that could improve knee injury prevention in football/handball. To investigate football/handball stakeholders' perspectives on reasons for acute and severe knee injuries to generate a conceptual model on important factors associated with knee injuries in football/handball. Mixed-method participatory Group Concept Mapping was applied to collect statements from football/handball stakeholders (players/coaches/healthcare staff/researchers) on the question, 'What may explain why some players sustain a knee injury?'. Participants rated the importanc

SUBMITTER: Alkjær T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293416 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature