January 1, 2024Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal

NetballSmart, Implementation of a National Injury Prevention Program

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Why the study?

Reducing lower-limb injuries in netball, particularly anterior cruciate ligament injuries, is a priority.

Does the NetballSmart injury prevention program reduce lower-limb injuries in netball players?

Population

Netball players in New Zealand

Comparison

NetballSmart injury prevention program implementation

Authors

SBSuzanne BelcherWaikato Institute of Technology SKSharon KearneyVaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology MBMatt BrughelliAuckland University of Technology

Discussion

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Implication

Targeted research enabled NetballSmart adoption; leaves open ACL injury reduction efficacy in netball.

Structured PICO

Does the NetballSmart injury prevention program reduce lower-limb injuries in netball players?

Population

Netball players in New Zealand, particularly school-age and youth players (ages 10-24).

Intervention

NetballSmart injury prevention program (including Dynamic Warm-up, Power Warm-up, educational workshops, and progressive landing skills program)

Outcome

Reduction in injury claims (all body site, combined ankle-knee, fractures/dislocations, soft tissue injuries, and anterior cruciate ligament surgical repairs)

Implementation of the NetballSmart injury prevention program in New Zealand significantly reduced lower-limb and overall injury claims among netball players, yielding a high return on investment.

Cite This Study

Belcher et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70822b3ce530166bc2d975 https://doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.2024-0008

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NetballSmart, Implementation of a National Injury Prevention Program

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NetballSmart, Implementation of a National Injury Prevention Program

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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