Gender- and/or sex-specific considerations for sport-related injury: a concept mapping approach for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to gather and represent experts' perspectives on the gender- and/or sex-specific factors relevant to injury risk for female/woman/girl athletes.

Methods

Mixed-methods concept mapping study. Sixty-six experts including cisgendered (1) athlete/coach/carers, (2) clinicians, (3) sports science/high-performance professional, (4) administrators and (5) researchers brainstormed statements to a prompt ('What gender-specific and/or sex-specific factors do you think contribute to injury risk among female, woman and girl athletes?') before thematically sorting and rating the statements/factors for importance and modifiability (5-point Likert scales).

Results

Ten clusters were constructed from 101 unique statements/factors. The clusters (number of state

SUBMITTER: Crossley KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703302 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature