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Understanding injury mechanisms: a key component of preventing injuries in sport

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Bahr, R, Krosshaug, T·2005·British Journal of Sports Medicine

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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are a growing cause of concern, as these injuries can have serious consequences for the athlete with a greatly increased risk of early osteoarthrosis. Using specific training programmes, it may be possible to reduce the incidence of knee and ankle injuries. However, it is not known which programme components are the key to preventing knee and ankle injuries or how the exercises work to reduce injury risk. Our ability to design specific prevention programmes, whether through training or other preventive measures, is currently limited by an incomplete understanding of the causes of injuries. A multifactorial approach should be used to account for all the factors involved-that is, the internal and external risk factors as well as the inciting event (the injury mechanism). Although such models have been presented previously, we emphasise the need to use a comprehensive model, which accounts for the events leading to the injury situation (playing situation, player and opponent behaviour), as well as to include a description of whole body and joint biomechanics at the time of injury.

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Authors: Bahr, R., & Krosshaug, T.
Affiliations: Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (NO)
Corresponding author: Bahr, R
ORCID: Bahr, R
Krosshaug, T
Venue: British Journal of Sports Medicine
Publisher: BMJ
Published: 2005-05-23
Volume: 39
Issue: 6
Pages: 324-329
ISSN: 0306-3674 (ISSN-L)
1473-0480
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.018341
PMC: PMC1725226
OpenAlex: W2077950187
Cited by: 1,255
References: 0
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FWCI: 3.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: British Journal of Sports Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports injuries and prevention
Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
Keywords: injury mechanisms, sports injury prevention, anterior cruciate ligament injury, knee injury, ankle injuries, injury risk factors, injury prevention programs, joint biomechanics, osteoarthritis risk
MeSH terms: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Athletic Injuries, Biomechanical Phenomena, Female, Humans, Knee Injuries, Male, Physical Education and Training, Risk Factors, Sports, Ankle Injuries

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