Fwd: Participate in our Injury Study! (Please)

[Benjamin Slade]

Does anyone on the team have an interest in health / sports injuries and/or is willing to spearhead this data collection activity? This is a good opportunity to partner with USA Ultimate on important health issues. If you are interested, get in touch with me. Thanks,

Ben

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From: Anna Nazarov <anna.n...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:56 AM
Subject: Participate in our Injury Study! (Please)
To: bsl...@clemson.edu

Hey Clemson Ultimate,



Last season we received a USA Ultimate Grant to conduct an injury study during the 2011 college season. Over 60 teams from the Open and Women’s division participated. Through teams’ weekly reports we collected lots of meaningful data that will be used to calculate injury rates. We’ve gotten approval to continue collecting injury data through the 2012 season and we’re hoping we can add your team our list! The more data we collect, the better.

Some more info about the 2012 study:

• Each team will choose a team representative who will be in charge of submitting injuries on a weekly basis through SurveyMonkey.
• The team representative will keep track of 1) the number of practices/games for each week, 2) average number of players per practice/game, 3) injured body parts, 4) the way the injury occurred, and 5) the diagnosis.
• A reminder email will be sent every Sunday and the team representative will be responsible for logging the injuries that occurred during the previous week.
• Data entry will take approximately 5 minutes, but we do want to make sure that accurate data is kept throughout the week about the number of people at practice and the injuries that occur. You can keep track of this in whatever way you choose. Last year some participants kept their own spreadsheets, others took hard copy notes, and some [very talented] individuals were able to keep everything straight in their heads. Whatever you decide, we're trusting you for accuracy!
• The first day of data entry will be Sunday, February 5th so the first week includes January 30 through February 5th. The study goes through Nationals or the end of your season (but we hope it's Nationals!).
• The privacy of your players will be strictly protected and no names will be recorded with the injuries.  Specific details about teams will not be seen by anyone except those collecting data.

We hope you’re willing to be a part of our study! This is a very simple way to give back to the greater Ultimate community as the data we collect will be used to calculate injury rates and develop injury prevention programs.

 

Let me know if you guys are in and who your rep will be (and their email)!

Cheers,

Anna Nazarov
College Injury Study Coordinator

with Jamie Nuwer MD, Dave Swedler MPH, Sam Huo, Lev Malevanchik
USAU Grant Recipients 2011-2012

Dr. Nuwer serves Ultimate under the following titles:
Chairwoman, Medical Advisory Committee, USA Ultimate
USA Ultimate Columnist: Injury Timeout
Founder, www.injurytimeout.org, a website dedicated to education and injury prevention.

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Ben Slade
Clemson Graduate School
Psychology Department
Brackett 320
423-667-8939
bsl...@clemson.edu