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LOGINBeyond the Basics: Exploring Active Injury Surveillance
Injury surveillance is essential when managing athletes. However, it remains challenging due to the complex biopsychosocial interplay. Kelly Mackenzie looks at active injury surveillance as a strategy to stay ahead of the game.
Table Tennis - China’s Wang Yidi in action during her women’s teams final match against Japan’s Miu Hirano REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Sporting injuries arise from external factors, whether deliberate or accidental and represent a noteworthy concern within social and economic contexts(1). There is a need to develop and improve systems or strategies to mitigate and track injury across various levels and codes of sport. Clinicians are at the forefront of injury surveillance, and creating pragmatic systems would improve athlete management.
Injury surveillance is systematically collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating injury-related information(2,3). It involves monitoring and tracking data on the occurrence, nature, and severity of injuries within a specific population or community. This information helps identify patterns, risk factors, and trends, enabling better prevention and intervention strategies to reduce the incidence of injuries and to better plan and distribute resources in team or community environments.
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