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Marina Dobnik

the measures are truly adopted and effective in practice, rather than
only under research conditions.

Team-Sport Injury Prevention Cycle: A Cyclical Approach
in Team Sports
One of the more recent conceptual models of injury prevention in team
sports is the Team-Sport Injury Prevention (TIP) cycle, proposed by
O’Brien et al. (2019). The model provides a systematic pathway from risk
assessment to intervention and subsequent re-assessment, thereby en-
abling the continuous refinement and adaptation of programmes (Figure
4.2). It illustrates how evidence-based injury-prevention programmes
can be developed and implemented in sport and is founded on the prin-
ciple that injury prevention is not a one-off event, but rather a cyclical
process that is continuously evaluated and improved.
The model comprises three key phases (O’Brien et al., 2019):
• (Re)evaluation: assessing the current status of injuries, risk profiles,
and needs within a team or sporting population;
• Identification: determining risk factors, barriers to the implementa-
tion of preventive measures, and selecting appropriate strategies;

What is the current injury prevention
injury situation?

What is the current
situation?

(Re)evaluate
Introduce injury prevention strategies Intervene Identify What are the injury risk factors and mechanisms?

What are the
Figure 4.2 Plan the content barriers & facili-
The Team-Sport Injury and delivery of injury tators to delivering
Prevention (TIP) Cvcle prevention strategies injury prevention?
(adapted from O’Brien
et al., 2019)

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