Dr Carly McKay Injury prevention in rugby and football: are we making any progress?

The September 2024 Injury Rehab Network event with BASRaT, is taking place on 9th September with a presentation from Dr Carly McKay. Dr McKay will discuss the current state of injury prevention research in rugby and football. Taking place online on Monday,  9th September 2024, from 7pm – 8pm. Registration is free – click here to sign up.

Dr Carly McKay

Dr Carly McKay completed her BKin (2006) and MSc in Sport Medicine (2008) at the University of Calgary (Canada) and her PhD in Kinesiology (2011) at Western University (Canada). She is currently a Reader in Injury Prevention, Director of Studies (MSc in Football Medicine in Association with FIFA), and Deputy Director of the Centre for Health, Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (Chi2PS) at the University of Bath.

She sits on the executive of the UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS), which is one of 11 International Research Centres for the Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health supported by the International Olympic Committee. She serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport and is an academic advisor to the Royal Academy of Dance, London.

Her research focuses on the role of psychosocial and behavioural factors in sport injury risk and recovery, and using behaviour change approaches to support injury prevention strategies.

“Injury prevention in rugby and football: are we making any progress?”

Significant effort has been made in the past two decades to reduce the risk of injury in sports like rugby and football. Several prevention strategies have led to significant injury reductions in large-scale studies and international sport governing bodies have introduced law changes and programmes specifically developed to promote player welfare. Yet, injury rates are at an all-time high. How can we claim to be making progress if things seem to be getting worse?

This talk will present the current state of injury prevention research in rugby and football, with emphasis on understanding why interventions that have shown such promise in trials ultimately haven’t had meaningful population-level effects. The talk will cover key concepts related to intervention development, injury surveillance, and player monitoring, and the challenges encountered when scaling up evidence to widespread practice.

Book your place – click here to register

• Date – Monday 9th September 2024
• Time – 7pm – 8pm
• Cost – Free
• Location – Online (Zoom)
• Register to attend – click here to sign up

The next event of the Injury Rehab Network

The next event of the Injury Rehab Network in partnership with BASRaT will take place online on Monday, 9th September, from 7pm – 8pm. Anyone professionally involved with or studying sports medicine, performance, and rehabilitation from injury is welcome to attend – click here to register.

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