The Injury Prevention Consensus and Sports Physio Competencies

Luciana describes prevention measures at three levels: collective measures for the team, individual measures for the athlete, and measures taken with institutions. Context matters, from the athlete's beliefs to culture, governance and budget, so prevention cannot be one protocol for everyone. General programs such as FIFA 11+ work like a vaccine, while individual assessment allows targeted interventions, and general and mixed programs both lower injury rates. The Delphi consensus, built with Erik Witvrouw and IFSPT member countries, had 306, 272 and 257 experts across three rounds. Injury history scored highest for planning, the athlete's injury risk profile and money for high-quality professionals for organization, and coach support and education for implementation. She then outlines the 11 domains of the IFSPT competencies, now being updated through Erasmus+ funding, and the prevention behaviors and standards they contain, from foundational knowledge and critique of research to history taking, professional judgment, education and evaluating whether interventions reduce injury.