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A shared framework for health surveillance in golf
Golf-specific methods for recording injury and illness in research and sporting programmes.
- Publication year
- 2020
- Publication type
- International consensus statement
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Population / context
- Golf
What the publication reports
Developed with experts invited by the International Golf Federation, the framework adapts surveillance to golf. It can support studies of health problems, their contributing factors and the evaluation of prevention programmes.
Limits and interpretation
The statement describes how to collect evidence. It does not itself demonstrate that a particular exercise or equipment change prevents injury.
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Original publication / indexed recordDOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102380Full text at the sourceReader discussion
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