Injury prevention decision science

How much science is there in injury prevention and control?

OBJECTIVES To determine what proportion of research papers at an injury prevention conference reported an evaluation. METHODS A random sample of 250 abstracts from the 6th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control were classified by methodological type. Those that described any evaluation were further subdivided by whether the evaluation was of process or if it used an intermediate or...

The science of softball: implications for performance and injury prevention.

Whilst the sport of softball has achieved worldwide popularity over the last 100 years, a consideration of the scientific principles underpinning softball is in its infancy. It is clear that the various motor skills associated with softball, such as pitching, batting and fielding, place considerable perceptual and physical demands upon players. Each of these skill categories are examined in mor...

The science of fencing: implications for performance and injury prevention.

In this review we analyse the data from the literature on fencing with the aim of creating a psychobiological and multi-factorial model of fencing performance. Fencing is an open-skilled combat sport that was admitted to the first modern Olympic Games in Athens (1896). It is mainly practised indoors, with three different weapons: the foil, the sabre and the épée, each contested with different r...

O14: Trauma Surgery and Injury Prevention

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Injury prevention.