TY - JOUR
T1 - International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement
T2 - Methods for Recording and Reporting of Epidemiological Data on Injury and Illness in Sports 2020 (Including the STROBE Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))
AU - International Olympic Committee Injury and Illness Epidemiology Consensus Group
AU - Bahr, Roald
AU - Clarsen, Ben
AU - Derman, Wayne
AU - Dvorak, Jiri
AU - Emery, Carolyn A.
AU - Finch, Caroline F.
AU - Hägglund, Martin
AU - Junge, Astrid
AU - Kemp, Simon
AU - Khan, Karim M.
AU - Marshall, Stephen W.
AU - Meeuwisse, Willem
AU - Mountjoy, Margo
AU - Orchard, John W.
AU - Pluim, Babette
AU - Quarrie, Kenneth L.
AU - Reider, Bruce
AU - Schwellnus, Martin
AU - Soligard, Torbjørn
AU - Stokes, Keith A.
AU - Timpka, Toomas
AU - Verhagen, Evert
AU - Bindra, Abhinav
AU - Budgett, Richard
AU - Engebretsen, Lars
AU - Erdener, Uğur
AU - Chamari, Karim
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Background: Injury and illness surveillance, and epidemiological studies, are fundamental elements of concerted efforts to protect the health of the athlete. To encourage consistency in the definitions and methodology used, and to enable data across studies to be compared, research groups have published 11 sport- or setting-specific consensus statements on sports injury (and, eventually, illnesses) epidemiology to date. Objective: To further strengthen consistency in data collection, injury definitions, and research reporting through an updated set of recommendations for sports injury and illness studies, including a new Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist extension. Study Design: Consensus statement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Methods: The IOC invited a working group of international experts to review relevant literature and provide recommendations. The procedure included an open online survey, several stages of text drafting and consultation by working groups, and a 3-day consensus meeting in October 2019. Results: This statement includes recommendations for data collection and research reporting covering key components: defining and classifying health problems, severity of health problems, capturing and reporting athlete exposure, expressing risk, burden of health problems, study population characteristics, and data collection methods. Based on these, we also developed a new reporting guideline as a STROBE extension—the STROBE Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS). Conclusion: The IOC encourages ongoing in- and out-of-competition surveillance programs and studies to describe injury and illness trends and patterns, understand their causes, and develop measures to protect the health of the athlete. The implementation of the methods outlined in this statement will advance consistency in data collection and research reporting.
AB - Background: Injury and illness surveillance, and epidemiological studies, are fundamental elements of concerted efforts to protect the health of the athlete. To encourage consistency in the definitions and methodology used, and to enable data across studies to be compared, research groups have published 11 sport- or setting-specific consensus statements on sports injury (and, eventually, illnesses) epidemiology to date. Objective: To further strengthen consistency in data collection, injury definitions, and research reporting through an updated set of recommendations for sports injury and illness studies, including a new Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist extension. Study Design: Consensus statement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Methods: The IOC invited a working group of international experts to review relevant literature and provide recommendations. The procedure included an open online survey, several stages of text drafting and consultation by working groups, and a 3-day consensus meeting in October 2019. Results: This statement includes recommendations for data collection and research reporting covering key components: defining and classifying health problems, severity of health problems, capturing and reporting athlete exposure, expressing risk, burden of health problems, study population characteristics, and data collection methods. Based on these, we also developed a new reporting guideline as a STROBE extension—the STROBE Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS). Conclusion: The IOC encourages ongoing in- and out-of-competition surveillance programs and studies to describe injury and illness trends and patterns, understand their causes, and develop measures to protect the health of the athlete. The implementation of the methods outlined in this statement will advance consistency in data collection and research reporting.
KW - STROBE
KW - epidemiologic methods
KW - illness
KW - injuries
KW - surveillance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081548719&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967120902908
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967120902908
M3 - Article
C2 - 32118084
SN - 2325-9671
VL - 8
JO - Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
JF - Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
IS - 2
ER -