Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches
Objectives This project aims to assess opinions, attitudes, knowledge, beliefs, practices and perceived barriers and facilitators of injury prevention (IP) strategies in Swiss basketball teams.Methods An online survey was sent to athletes, coaches and medical staff of the three best basketball leagu...
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| author | Mario Bizzini Loïc Bel Michaël Duc Pierre-Etienne Fournier Lara Allet |
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| description | Objectives This project aims to assess opinions, attitudes, knowledge, beliefs, practices and perceived barriers and facilitators of injury prevention (IP) strategies in Swiss basketball teams.Methods An online survey was sent to athletes, coaches and medical staff of the three best basketball leagues in Switzerland. The survey was subdivided in four sections: (1) characteristic of participants, (2) knowledge, opinions, attitudes and beliefs, (3) practices and (4) barriers and facilitators.Results Among 105 persons (n=45 female, n=60 male) who answered the survey, more than 60% (n=68) considered the risk of injury for basketball athletes as being high to very high. The ankle, knee and the hand were considered as being the most at risk. More than 80% of participants considered that recovery, training load and the warm-up quality were very important factors for IP. More than 90% of participants considered IP as either important or very important with 53 (50.5%) of the participants indicating using exercise-based IP in their clubs. Athletes and coaches’ motivation and compliance were judged as either important or very important for successful IP implementation by more than 80% of participants, with the coach being reported as the most influential person. Environmental barriers towards human or infrastructural resources were also reported as factors influencing IP strategies, namely by female participants.Conclusion Good knowledge and positive attitude towards IP were reported by participants, but exercise-based IP strategies lack implementation. The coach was considered as the most influential person and was reported with the athletes as playing an important role towards successful implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d92b6bebfc3746f9b6ba5b48118360322022-12-22T02:58:30ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine2055-76472022-12-018410.1136/bmjsem-2022-001386Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coachesMario Bizzini0Loïc Bel1Michaël Duc2Pierre-Etienne Fournier3Lara Allet4Research, Schulthess Klinik Human Performance Lab, Zurich, SwitzerlandHealth, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, SwitzerlandSports Medicine Department, Clinique romande de réadaptation, Sion, SwitzerlandSports Medicine Department, Clinique romande de réadaptation, Sion, SwitzerlandDepartment of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sion, SwitzerlandObjectives This project aims to assess opinions, attitudes, knowledge, beliefs, practices and perceived barriers and facilitators of injury prevention (IP) strategies in Swiss basketball teams.Methods An online survey was sent to athletes, coaches and medical staff of the three best basketball leagues in Switzerland. The survey was subdivided in four sections: (1) characteristic of participants, (2) knowledge, opinions, attitudes and beliefs, (3) practices and (4) barriers and facilitators.Results Among 105 persons (n=45 female, n=60 male) who answered the survey, more than 60% (n=68) considered the risk of injury for basketball athletes as being high to very high. The ankle, knee and the hand were considered as being the most at risk. More than 80% of participants considered that recovery, training load and the warm-up quality were very important factors for IP. More than 90% of participants considered IP as either important or very important with 53 (50.5%) of the participants indicating using exercise-based IP in their clubs. Athletes and coaches’ motivation and compliance were judged as either important or very important for successful IP implementation by more than 80% of participants, with the coach being reported as the most influential person. Environmental barriers towards human or infrastructural resources were also reported as factors influencing IP strategies, namely by female participants.Conclusion Good knowledge and positive attitude towards IP were reported by participants, but exercise-based IP strategies lack implementation. The coach was considered as the most influential person and was reported with the athletes as playing an important role towards successful implementation.https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/8/4/e001386.full |
| spellingShingle | Mario Bizzini Loïc Bel Michaël Duc Pierre-Etienne Fournier Lara Allet Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine |
| title | Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches |
| title_full | Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches |
| title_fullStr | Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches |
| title_short | Context of injury prevention strategies in Swiss basketball: survey of athletes, medical staff and coaches |
| title_sort | context of injury prevention strategies in swiss basketball survey of athletes medical staff and coaches |
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