International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement: Methods for Recording and Reporting of Epidemiological Data on Injury and Illness in Sports 2020 (Including the STROBE Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))

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Key information

Reporting guideline acronym

STROBE-SIIS

Provided for

Reporting of injuries and illnesses in sport studies.

Relevant URLs (full-text if available)

See also the supplement related to female athlete health domains at:
Moore IS, Crossley KM, Bo K, Mountjoy M, Ackerman KE, Antero JDS, Sundgot Borgen J, Brown WJ, Bolling CS, Clarsen B, Derman W, Dijkstra P, Donaldson A, Elliott-Sale KJ, Emery CA, Haakstad L, Junge A, Mkumbuzi NS, Nimphius S, Palmer D, van Poppel M, Thornton JS, Tomás R, Zondi PC, Verhagen E. Female athlete health domains: a supplement to the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport. Br J Sports Med. 2023. PMID: 37349084

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STROBE Observational Studies
PRISMA Systematic reviews of trials
PRISMA-P Systematic review protocols
CONSORT Randomised trials
SPIRIT Randomised trial protocols
SRQR Qualitative Research
CARE Case Reports
STARD Diagnostic studies
TRIPOD+AI Prediction Models
ARRIVE Animal Research
SQUIRE Quality Improvement
CHEERS Economic Evaluations
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International Olympic Committee Injury and Illness Epidemiology Consensus Group, Bahr R, Clarsen B, Derman W, Dvorak J, Emery CA, Finch CF, Hägglund M, Junge A, Kemp S, Khan KM, Marshall SW, Meeuwisse W, Mountjoy M, Orchard JW, Pluim B, Quarrie KL, Reider B, Schwellnus M, Soligard T, Stokes KA, Timpka T, Verhagen E, Bindra A, Budgett R, Engebretsen L, Erdener U, Chamari K. International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement: Methods for Recording and Reporting of Epidemiological Data on Injury and Illness in Sports 2020 (Including the STROBE Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)).
This guideline was published simultaneously in 2 journals. You can read the guideline in any of these journals using the links below.
Br J Sports Med. 2020;54(7):372-389. PMID: 32071062
Orthop J Sports Med. 2020;8(2):2325967120902908. PMID: 32118084

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Language

English

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Study design

  • Observational studies

Clinical area

  • Sport and exercise medicine

Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report?

  • Whole report

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Previous versions of this guideline / Guideline history

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