Evidence-Based Prevention of Sports Injuries: Is the Sports Medicine Community on the Right Track?

Baroni, Bruno Manfredini; Oliveira Pena Costa, Leonardo · J Orthop Sports Phys Ther · 2021

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Abstract

Sports injuries are multifactorial and have a complex web of risk factors. Thus, identifying risk factors plays a central role in designing prevention strategies. Following evidence-based practice principles, clinicians use the best available evidence to guide decisions about injury prevention. Here, we share a scenario familiar to the sports medicine community-risk factors for hamstring strain injury-and highlight some of the pitfalls that clinicians should watch out for when applying research to practice. <i>J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2021;51(3):91-93. doi:10.2519/jospt.2021.0104</i>.

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