Research summary · Methods and environments
How to make sports injury and illness data comparable
A common framework for definitions, exposure and the reporting of athlete health problems.
- Publication year
- 2020
- Publication type
- IOC methods consensus
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Population / context
- All sports · Research methods
What the publication reports
The statement addresses how health problems and sporting exposure are recorded and reported. Its STROBE-SIIS extension supports transparent surveillance reporting and comparison across studies and sporting environments.
Limits and interpretation
This is methodological guidance. Injury rates collected with different definitions or exposure units cannot be compared simply because both studies concern sport.
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