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Moving beyond the checklist: An enhanced approach to context-driven overuse injury prevention in overhead youth athletes
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Article
Citation
Lau, R., & Mukherjee, S. (2025). Moving beyond the checklist: An enhanced approach to context-driven overuse injury prevention in overhead youth athletes. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(3), Article 971. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14030971
Abstract
The increasing discussions regarding the research-to-practice gap in sport injury prevention have led to a growing focus on the significance of context in injury prevention programs. A context-driven injury prevention program is advantageous to address and enhance injury prevention efforts in specific populations. Considering the prevalent concern for overuse injuries among overhead youth athletes, and the developmental and contextual factors unique to this population, this review introduces the OverHead Youth Athlete (OH-YA) overuse injury prevention process. Tailored to address the challenges of working with overhead youth athletes, the context-specific four-step framework includes the following: (1) development of a context-specific instrument with strong sample representation, (2) determination of the context-specific injury burden magnitude and associated factors, (3) development of a context-specific intervention with end-users, and (4) evaluation of the context-specific intervention. This framework would likely help maximize the use of typically limited resources in youth sports. Using shoulder overuse injuries among overhead youth athletes as a case study, the OH-YA overuse injury prevention process provides an enhanced approach to context-driven overuse injury prevention while illustrating the importance and integration of context to minimize the “research-to-practice” gap.
Date Issued
2025
Publisher
MDPI
Journal
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Description
The open access publication is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14030971