Injury and Illness Prevention
Injury and illness are a known detractors for performance, but many cases can be avoided.
Injury and illness are known detractors for performance, but many cases can be avoided through the application of well designed and implemented preventative strategies. This module is designed for clinicians and performance support practitioners working with Australian high performance athletes and aims to deliver information to enhance awareness and understanding of preventative health principles in sport.
An accompanying online education resource for clinicians has also been developed as a tool to use.
Key scientific papers
- A new framework for research leading to sports injury prevention, opens in a new tab. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Finch, C. (2006). 9(1-2), 3-9.
- Classification of prevention in sports medicine and epidemiology, opens in a new tab. Sports Medicine, 45(11), 1483-1487. Jacobsson, J., & Timpka, T. (2015).
- Incidence, severity, aetiology and prevention of sports injuries, opens in a new tab. Sports Medicine, 14(2), 82-99. Van Mechelen, W., Hlobil, H., & Kemper, H. C. (1992).
- Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: Sports Injury Prevention, opens in a new tab. Wiley-Blackwell. Engebretsen, L., & Bahr, R. (2009)
- Prevention versus risk reduction or mitigation: Why create unnecessary battles?, opens in a new tab, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Shrier, I et al. 26 372-374 (2023)
