Publications by authors named "Erin A Smyth"
Objectives: This study aimed to build on previous work by the authors. It examines how socioecological level and gender influence high-performance sport system (HPSS) stakeholders' perspectives of the relative importance and feasibility to address athlete attrition factors within an Australian high-performance pathway system (HPPS).
Design: Mixed methods.
What Contributes to Athlete Performance Health? A Concept Mapping Approach.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify key areas for promoting athlete performance health within Australia's high-performance sports system, focusing on physical, mental, and social well-being.
- By using concept mapping, participants from various levels of the sports system generated 97 statements about the needs for athlete performance health, which were categorized into 12 clusters.
- The top three priority clusters identified were 'Behavioral competency,' 'Collaboration and teamwork,' and 'Valuing athlete wellbeing,’ with these themes falling under five overarching domains crucial for enhancing athlete performance health: Leadership, Skilled people, Performance health culture, Operational effectiveness, and Integrated strategy.
Objectives: Primary: To gain a system-wide perspective on factors leading to athlete attrition from a high-performance sport system (HPSS). Secondary: To identify what a sample of system-wide stakeholders and past athletes value as the most important and feasible attrition factors to address to retain talented athletes.
Design: Mixed-methods.
Objective: To investigate the incidence, site, nature and cause of injuries sustained during and four weeks following the 2018 Australian National Netball Championships (ANNC's) using medical attention and self-report surveillance tools.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Method: Injuries were recorded prospectively using medical attention and self-report data collection methods.
Objectives: To describe and evaluate injury prevention interventions for pre-elite athletes who compete in an Olympic or professional sport.
Design: Systematic review.
Methods: This review was prospectively registered (PROSPERO CRD42017065083) and a systematic electronic search was conducted in May 2017.