TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissemination and implementation of injury prevention interventions
T2 - a scoping review for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus
AU - Patterson, Brooke E
AU - McKay, Carly D
AU - Critchley, Meghan L
AU - Lutz, Destiny
AU - Cowan, Sallie M
AU - Kolesky, Nicholas
AU - White, Vanda
AU - Ezzat, Allison M
AU - Ross, Andrew G
AU - Adams, William M
AU - Ageberg, Eva
AU - Ardern, Clare L
AU - Badenhorst, Marelise
AU - Coventry, Molly
AU - Dubé, Marc-Olivier
AU - Emmonds, Stacey
AU - Gracias, Libby J
AU - Hayden, K Alix
AU - Lindblom, Hanna
AU - Møller, Merete
AU - Holm Moseid, Christine
AU - Harrington Quinn, Nancy
AU - Sugimoto, Dai
AU - Verhagen, Evert
AU - Yung, Kate K
AU - Zondi, Phathokuhle C
AU - Emery, Carolyn A
AU - Crossley, Kay M
AU - Owoeye, Oluwatoyosi B A
N1 - © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2025. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To synthesise evidence related to the dissemination and implementation (D&I) of injury prevention interventions for female, woman and/or girl (female/woman/girl) athletes.DESIGN: Scoping review.DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, APA PsycInfo, Cochrane Databases for Systematic Review, Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials Registry, EMBASE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, ERIC, ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Global.ELIGIBILITY: Primary research including ≥25% female/woman/girl athletes of any age or people working with them (eg, coaches), participating in sports competition and/or performance, were eligible. Papers reporting D&I outcomes (eg, coach knowledge, adoption and maintenance) related to an injury prevention intervention and/or a factor (eg, coach beliefs) associated with D&I outcomes were included.RESULTS: 220 papers with 419 494 participants (96 790 athletes (49% female/woman/girl), 277 923 coaches (59% working with females/women/girls) and 44 781 others) across 81 sports were included. 89% of the papers were from Europe, Oceania and North America. Papers included amateur (n=175), sub-elite (n=10), elite (n=63) and Para sport (n=2) athletes. Interventions were training strategies (n=113), personal protective equipment (PPE, n=41), policy/rules/laws (n=5) or other (n=61, eg, multimodal). There were >650 D&I outcomes; adoption was the most common, followed by athlete and coach perceptions and attitudes about injury prevention. Key facilitators of D&I were previous injury experience, higher competition levels and positive perceptions and attitudes.CONCLUSION: Most studies on D&I of injury prevention interventions for female/woman/girl athletes were descriptive and related to athletes and coaches. Engaging people across the socio-ecological system (eg, parents, health professionals and administrators) and prioritising under-represented regions, populations and D&I-focused trials may enhance D&I outcomes and ultimately reduce injury risk in female/woman/girl athletes.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To synthesise evidence related to the dissemination and implementation (D&I) of injury prevention interventions for female, woman and/or girl (female/woman/girl) athletes.DESIGN: Scoping review.DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, APA PsycInfo, Cochrane Databases for Systematic Review, Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials Registry, EMBASE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, ERIC, ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Global.ELIGIBILITY: Primary research including ≥25% female/woman/girl athletes of any age or people working with them (eg, coaches), participating in sports competition and/or performance, were eligible. Papers reporting D&I outcomes (eg, coach knowledge, adoption and maintenance) related to an injury prevention intervention and/or a factor (eg, coach beliefs) associated with D&I outcomes were included.RESULTS: 220 papers with 419 494 participants (96 790 athletes (49% female/woman/girl), 277 923 coaches (59% working with females/women/girls) and 44 781 others) across 81 sports were included. 89% of the papers were from Europe, Oceania and North America. Papers included amateur (n=175), sub-elite (n=10), elite (n=63) and Para sport (n=2) athletes. Interventions were training strategies (n=113), personal protective equipment (PPE, n=41), policy/rules/laws (n=5) or other (n=61, eg, multimodal). There were >650 D&I outcomes; adoption was the most common, followed by athlete and coach perceptions and attitudes about injury prevention. Key facilitators of D&I were previous injury experience, higher competition levels and positive perceptions and attitudes.CONCLUSION: Most studies on D&I of injury prevention interventions for female/woman/girl athletes were descriptive and related to athletes and coaches. Engaging people across the socio-ecological system (eg, parents, health professionals and administrators) and prioritising under-represented regions, populations and D&I-focused trials may enhance D&I outcomes and ultimately reduce injury risk in female/woman/girl athletes.
U2 - 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109904
DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109904
M3 - Article
C2 - 41192960
SN - 1473-0480
VL - 59
SP - 1618
EP - 1632
JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 22
ER -
