Brooke E Patterson, Kay M Crossley, Melissa J Haberfield, Andrea B Mosler, Sallie M Cowan, Julia Lawrence, David Rath, Nicole Livingstone, Christian J Barton, Andrea M Bruder, Alex Donaldson
BACKGROUND: Adherence to injury prevention programmes may improve with greater end-user involvement and application of implementation frameworks during development. We describe the cocreation, initial dissemination and feedback from programme early adopters (coaches), to develop the first evidence-informed injury prevention programme for women playing community Australian Football (Prep-to-Play). METHODS: We used a pragmatic seven-step process for developing sports injury prevention programmes to (1) gain organisational support, (2) compile research evidence, (3) consult experts, (4) engage end-users, (5) test programme acceptability, (6) evaluate against theory and (7) gain early adopter feedback...
2024: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine