Elusive 'usual' warm-up in injury prevention trials: the problem of comparing apples to beans

José Afonso¹, Renato Andrade^{2

3

4}, Mário Sá⁵, Ricardo Martins^{6

7}, Ivan Baptista⁸, Tania Pizzari⁹

Affiliations

¹ Centre of Research, Education, Innovation, and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal jneves@fade.up.pt.
² Porto Biomechanics Laboratory (LABIOMEP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ Clínica Espregueira - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Dom Henrique Research Centre, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal.
⁶ Department of Arts, Humanities and Sport, Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Beja, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain.
⁸ Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
⁹ School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

José Afonso et al. Br J Sports Med. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 2;58(23):1380-1382.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108761.

José Afonso¹, Renato Andrade^{2

3

4}, Mário Sá⁵, Ricardo Martins^{6

7}, Ivan Baptista⁸, Tania Pizzari⁹

¹ Centre of Research, Education, Innovation, and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal jneves@fade.up.pt.
² Porto Biomechanics Laboratory (LABIOMEP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ Clínica Espregueira - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Dom Henrique Research Centre, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal.
⁶ Department of Arts, Humanities and Sport, Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Beja, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain.
⁸ Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
⁹ School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Athletic Injuries; Exercise training; Preventive Medicine; Sporting injuries; Sports medicine.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.