caa a22 4500 605458014 CHVBK 20210128100226.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00167-014-3411-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00167-014-3411-9 Sports injury prevention in Swedish elite floorball players: evaluation of two consecutive floorball seasons [Elektronische Daten] [Ulrika Tranaeus, Urban Johnson, Andreas Ivarsson, Björn Engström, Eva Skillgate, Suzanne Werner] Purpose: The objective was to evaluate the effect of a psychological group-based injury prevention, which was implemented throughout the first season, after the second season, in Swedish elite floorball teams (males and females). The secondary objective was to evaluate the effect of the intervention over the two consecutive floorball seasons as a whole. Methods: Twenty-three teams in the premier leagues for males and females volunteered and were allocated to an intervention group, n=175 players, and a control group n=171 players. The intervention group participated in psychological skills training during the first season. The control group did not receive any alternative treatment. Neither of the groups received any intervention during the second season. All injuries were registered and documented according to time-loss definition and classified into either traumatic or overuse injuries. Results: Ninety-three players (27%) sustained 119 injuries during the second season. The intervention group 0.31 (95% CI 0.22-0.39) and the control group 0.41 (95% CI 0.29-0.53) injuries/player. The injury incidence decreased in the intervention group and was lower than the control group. The analysis showed no statistical differences when comparing the intervention group and the control group neither after the second season nor after the two seasons together, Cohen's d 0.2. Conclusion: This group-based training showed a small effect size after the second year resulting in fewer injuries, especially severe injuries, in the intervention group compared to the control group. It is, therefore, important not to overlook the potential of a group-based psychological injury prevention programme. Level of incidence: II. European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy (ESSKA), 2014 Athletic injury nationallicence Behaviour nationallicence Overuse injury nationallicence Psycho-education nationallicence Traumatic injury nationallicence Tranaeus Ulrika Center of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden aut Johnson Urban Center of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden aut Ivarsson Andreas Center of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden aut Engström Björn Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut Skillgate Eva Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut Werner Suzanne Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 23/3(2015-03-01), 899-905 0942-2056 23:3<899 2015 23 167 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-3411-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-3411-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tranaeus Ulrika Center of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johnson Urban Center of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ivarsson Andreas Center of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Engström Björn Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skillgate Eva Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Werner Suzanne Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 23/3(2015-03-01), 899-905 0942-2056 23:3<899 2015 23 167