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.

Journal: British journal of sports medicine

Volume: 57

Issue: 18

Year of Publication: 2023

Affiliated Institutions:  Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK imoore@cardiffmet.ac.uk. La Trobe Sport and Exercise Sports Medicine Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway. Family Medicine, McMaster University Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Wu Tsai Female Athlete Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance, INSEP, Paris, France. Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam Movement Science, Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway. Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty Health Sciences Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. Medical Education Department, Aspetar Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Department of Sports Medicine, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology and Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. NtombiSport, Cape Town, South Africa. School of Medical and Health Sciences, Centre for Human Performance, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Edinburgh Sports Medicine Research Network, Institute for Sport Physical Education and Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health, University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Portugal Football School, Portuguese Football Federation, Oeiras, Portugal. High Performance Commission, Medical Advisory Committee, South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, Salt Rock, South Africa. Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Science, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract summary 

The IOC made recommendations for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injuries and illness in sports in 2020, but with little, if any, focus on female athletes. Therefore, the aims of this supplement to the IOC consensus statement are to (i) propose a taxonomy for categorisation of female athlete health problems across the lifespan; (ii) make recommendations for data capture to inform consistent recording and reporting of symptoms, injuries, illnesses and other health outcomes in sports injury epidemiology and (iii) make recommendations for specifications when applying the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology-Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS) to female athlete health data.In May 2021, five researchers and clinicians with expertise in sports medicine, epidemiology and female athlete health convened to form a consensus working group, which identified key themes. Twenty additional experts were invited and an iterative process involving all authors was then used to extend the IOC consensus statement, to include issues which affect female athletes.Ten domains of female health for categorising health problems according to biological, life stage or environmental factors that affect females in sport were identified: menstrual and gynaecological health; preconception and assisted reproduction; pregnancy; postpartum; menopause; breast health; pelvic floor health; breast feeding, parenting and caregiving; mental health and sport environments.This paper extends the IOC consensus statement to include 10 domains of female health, which may affect female athletes across the lifespan, from adolescence through young adulthood, to mid-age and older age. Our recommendations for data capture relating to female athlete population characteristics, and injuries, illnesses and other health consequences, will improve the quality of epidemiological studies, to inform better injury and illness prevention strategies.

Authors & Co-authors:  Moore Isabel S IS Crossley Kay M KM Bo Kari K Mountjoy Margo M Ackerman Kathryn E KE Antero Juliana da Silva JDS Sundgot Borgen Jorunn J Brown Wendy J WJ Bolling Caroline S CS Clarsen Benjamin B Derman Wayne W Dijkstra Paul P Donaldson Amber A Elliott-Sale Kirsty J KJ Emery Carolyn A CA Haakstad Lene L Junge Astrid A Mkumbuzi Nonhlanhla S NS Nimphius Sophia S Palmer Debbie D van Poppel Mireille M Thornton Jane S JS Tomás Rita R Zondi Phathokuhle C PC Verhagen Evert E

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Bahr R, Clarsen B, Derman W, et al. . International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of Epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE extension for sport injury and illness surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)). Br J Sports Med 2020;54:372–89. 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101969
Authors :  25
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106620
SSN : 1473-0480
Study Population
Female,Females
Mesh Terms
Adolescent
Other Terms
athletes;female;health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England