Statement on methods in sport injury research from the 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, Copenhagen, 2019

Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen^{1

2}, Ian Shrier³, Marti Casals^{4

5}, Albertro Nettel-Aguirre⁶, Merete Møller⁷, Caroline Bolling⁸, Natália Franco Netto Bittencourt^{8

9

10}, Benjamin Clarsen^{11

12}, Niels Wedderkopp^{13

14}, Torbjørn Soligard¹⁵, Toomas Timpka¹⁶, Carolyn Emery¹⁷, Roald Bahr¹², Jenny Jacobsson¹⁸, Rod Whiteley¹⁹, Orjan Dahlstrom²⁰, Nicol van Dyk²¹, Babette M Pluim^{8

22

23}, Emmanuel Stamatakis^{24

25}, Luz Palacios-Derflingher²⁶, Morten Wang Fagerland¹², Karim M Khan^{27

28}, Clare L Ardern^{29

30}, Evert Verhagen⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Section for Sports Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark roen@ph.au.dk.
² Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Sport and Physical Activity Studies Centre (CEEAF), Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Medical Department, Futbol Club Barcelona, Barça Innovation Hub, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁷ Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁸ Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁹ Sports Physical Therapy Department, Minas Tenis Clube, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
¹⁰ Physical Therapy, Centro Universitário UniBH, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
¹¹ Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
¹² Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo, Norway.
¹³ Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
¹⁴ The Orthopedic department, Hospital of Southwestern Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark.
¹⁵ Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
¹⁷ Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁸ Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
¹⁹ Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
²⁰ Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
²¹ High Performance Unit, Irish Rugby Football Union, Dublin, Ireland.
²² Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
²³ Medical Department, Royal Netherlands Lawn Tennis Association, Amstelveen, The Netherlands.
²⁴ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²⁵ University College London, London, UK.
²⁶ Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Family Practice, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁸ British Journal of Sports Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
²⁹ Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³⁰ Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 32371524
PMCID: PMC7392492
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101323

Statement on methods in sport injury research from the 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, Copenhagen, 2019

Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen et al. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;54(15):941.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101323. Epub 2020 May 4.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Section for Sports Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark roen@ph.au.dk.
² Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Sport and Physical Activity Studies Centre (CEEAF), Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Medical Department, Futbol Club Barcelona, Barça Innovation Hub, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁷ Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁸ Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁹ Sports Physical Therapy Department, Minas Tenis Clube, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
¹⁰ Physical Therapy, Centro Universitário UniBH, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
¹¹ Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
¹² Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo, Norway.
¹³ Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
¹⁴ The Orthopedic department, Hospital of Southwestern Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark.
¹⁵ Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
¹⁷ Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁸ Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
¹⁹ Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
²⁰ Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
²¹ High Performance Unit, Irish Rugby Football Union, Dublin, Ireland.
²² Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
²³ Medical Department, Royal Netherlands Lawn Tennis Association, Amstelveen, The Netherlands.
²⁴ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²⁵ University College London, London, UK.
²⁶ Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Family Practice, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁸ British Journal of Sports Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
²⁹ Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³⁰ Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 32371524
PMCID: PMC7392492
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101323

Abstract

High quality sports injury research can facilitate sports injury prevention and treatment. There is scope to improve how our field applies best practice methods-methods matter (greatly!). The 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, held in January 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the forum for an international group of researchers with expertise in research methods to discuss sports injury methods. We discussed important epidemiological and statistical topics within the field of sports injury research. With this opinion document, we provide the main take-home messages that emerged from the meeting.

Keywords: epidemiology; injury; methodology; statistics.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: KMK is Editor in Chief, British Journal of Sports Medicine and CLA is Editor in Chief, Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy.

Cited by

Cross-sectional and prospective associations of sleep, sedentary and active behaviors with mental health in older people: a compositional data analysis from the Seniors-ENRICA-2 study.
Cabanas-Sánchez V, Esteban-Cornejo I, García-Esquinas E, Ortolá R, Ara I, Rodríguez-Gómez I, Chastin SFM, Rodríguez-Artalejo F, Martínez-Gómez D. Cabanas-Sánchez V, et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021 Sep 16;18(1):124. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01194-9. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021. PMID: 34530862 Free PMC article.
Reporting and transparent research practices in sports medicine and orthopaedic clinical trials: a meta-research study.
Schulz R, Langen G, Prill R, Cassel M, Weissgerber TL. Schulz R, et al. BMJ Open. 2022 Aug 8;12(8):e059347. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059347. BMJ Open. 2022. PMID: 35940834 Free PMC article.
Call to increase statistical collaboration in sports science, sport and exercise medicine and sports physiotherapy.
Sainani KL, Borg DN, Caldwell AR, Butson ML, Tenan MS, Vickers AJ, Vigotsky AD, Warmenhoven J, Nguyen R, Lohse KR, Knight EJ, Bargary N. Sainani KL, et al. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;55(2):118-122. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102607. Epub 2020 Aug 19. Br J Sports Med. 2021. PMID: 32816788 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The Effect of Shoulder and Knee Exercise Programmes on the Risk of Shoulder and Knee Injuries in Adolescent Elite Handball Players: A Three-Armed Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
Asker M, Hägglund M, Waldén M, Källberg H, Skillgate E. Asker M, et al. Sports Med Open. 2022 Jul 14;8(1):91. doi: 10.1186/s40798-022-00478-z. Sports Med Open. 2022. PMID: 35834139 Free PMC article.
Pharmacological Treatment for Acute Traumatic Musculoskeletal Pain in Athletes.
de Sire A, Marotta N, Lippi L, Scaturro D, Farì G, Liccardi A, Moggio L, Letizia Mauro G, Ammendolia A, Invernizzi M. de Sire A, et al. Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Nov 5;57(11):1208. doi: 10.3390/medicina57111208. Medicina (Kaunas). 2021. PMID: 34833426 Free PMC article. Review.

See all "Cited by" articles

References

1. Verhagen E, Stovitz SD, Mansournia MA, et al. . BJSM educational editorials: methods matter. Br J Sports Med 2018;52:1159–60. 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097998 - DOI - PubMed
1. Altman DG. Statistical reviewing for medical journals. Stat Med 1998;17:2661–74. 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981215)17:23<2661::AID-SIM33>3.0.CO;2-B - DOI - PubMed
1. Altman DG. The scandal of poor medical research. BMJ 1994;308:283–4. 10.1136/bmj.308.6924.283 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Orchard JW, Newman D, Stretch R, et al. . Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket. Br J Sports Med 2005;39:e22. 10.1136/bjsm.2004.012732 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Fuller CW, Ekstrand J, Junge A, et al. . Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football (soccer) injuries. Br J Sports Med 2006;40:193–201. 10.1136/bjsm.2005.025270 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

Actions

MeSH terms

Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
Medical
- MedlinePlus Health Information

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

Statement on methods in sport injury research from the 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, Copenhagen, 2019

Affiliations

Statement on methods in sport injury research from the 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, Copenhagen, 2019

Authors

Affiliations

Abstract

Conflict of interest statement

Similar articles

Cited by

References

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Medical