33^rd European Nutrition and Dietetics Conference

Sports Epidemiology

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Sports epidemiology is the characterization of injury occurrence, the identification of risk factors and the strength of effect of those factors, as well as potentially protective factors related to the development and evaluation of injury prevention strategies and programs. Injuries can occur in every environment from homes to the workplace, recreational settings including sports settings, and to transportation settings between these environments. Many injury interventions are already in place (e.g., transportation requirements such as setting speed limits, safe automobile design, seatbelt and other safety restraint use, helmet and protective equipment use, workplace safety program implementation, and ergonomic design) and have achieved significant public health improvements including reduction of injury occurrence.