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Editorial
. 2022 May-Jun;26(3):100394.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2022.100394. Epub 2022 Feb 12.

Maximising individualisation of sports injury risk reduction approach to reach success

Pascal Edouard  1 , Benjamin Caumeil  2 , Evert Verhagen  3 , Gaël Guilhem  2 , Alexis Ruffault  4
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Editorial

Maximising individualisation of sports injury risk reduction approach to reach success

Pascal Edouard et al. Braz J Phys Ther. 2022 May-Jun.

Abstract

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    To individualise injury risk reduction measures could help to better match athlete's individual characteristics and should thus improve their effectiveness.

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    To individualise injury risk reduction measures could help to improve athlete adherence into such measures and consequently their effectiveness.

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    This maximised individualised approach is proposed to be used whatever the sport (i.e., individual and teams sports) in both scientific studies and real-world settings, with an end-user centred approach (especially athlete-centred approach) and a co-construction of the injury risk reduction measures with all stakeholders.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest None declared. EV and PE are Associate Editors for the BJSM. EV is the Editor in Chief of BMJ Open Sports and Exercise Medicine. PE is Associate Editor for the BMJ Open Sports and Exercise Medicine.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Illustration of this conceptual strategy by the metaphore of the Trojan horse approach (refer to the Supplementary material for further details).
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