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Applying a systems-based framework to elite sport integrates injury prevention and athlete performance by recognizing that parts of the system are inter-related and non-linear.
This editorial proposes applying systems thinking to integrate health and performance in elite sports.
Systems thinking frameworks have gained attention in both modelling athlete performance and injury prevention in sports medicine.1–3 We believe that these fields may contribute valuably and interdependently within a larger high performance system.1 The purpose of this editorial is to explain how ‘injury’ and ‘performance’ interact within a system-based framework3 and to provide three practical implications of an integrated performance system. The basic premise underpinning any systems model is that parts of a system are inter-related, and the objective of the whole system defines the function of each part. Therefore, the interaction between parts cannot be reduced to a number of linear cause and effect relations.1 The influence of a part on the outcome of the whole system depends on the state of the other parts. Any change to a part of the system can affect the objectives of the whole system as …
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Mooney et al. (2017) conducted an editorial in Elite sport injury and performance. Systems thinking framework was evaluated. Applying a systems-based framework to elite sport integrates injury prevention and athlete performance by recognizing that parts of the system are inter-related and non-linear.
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