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055 Identifying the challenges to implementing a netball neuromuscular warm-up using concept mapping
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  1. Erin Smyth1,2,
  2. Renee Appaneal1,
  3. Michael Drew1,3,
  4. Alanna Antcliff4,
  5. Gordon Waddington1,2,
  6. Juanita Weissensteiner4,
  7. Phillip Newman2,
  8. Alex Donaldson3,6
  1. 1Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia
  2. 2University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
  3. 3Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Perth, Australia
  4. 4Netball Australia, Melbourne, Australia
  5. 5New South Wales Office of Sport, Sydney, Australia
  6. 6La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

Background Netball Australia is Australia’s governing netball body, and introduced the ‘Knee injury prevention for Netballers and Enhance performance and Extend play’ (KNEE) program in 2015. Ankle sprains and ACL rupture are the most frequent and costly injuries in 17U & 19U athletes competing at the Australian Netball Championships (ANC). Thirty-eight percent of teams competing at the 2019 ANC’s were not completing the KNEE program as frequently as recommended.

Objective To identify the challenges for implementing the KNEE program.

Design A mixed-methods approach for qualitative data collection and quantitative data analysis.

Setting Participants own environment.

Patients (or Participants) Thirty-nine netball coaches (n=17), strength & conditioning coaches (n=5) and physiotherapists (n=16) working with 17U & 19U teams attending the 2019 ANC’s.

Interventions (or Assessment of Risk Factors) The process of Concept Mapping was followed to capture challenges to implementing the KNEE program with State 17U & 19U teams.

Main Outcome Measurements Statements were consolidated to clusters (concepts). The importance and difficulty to overcome each challenge was rated by all participants.

Results Forty-six challenges were generated and organised into eight clusters. Statement 3 (‘Making sure athletes are committed to executing the KNEE program with correct technique’) received the highest mean importance rating (4.43 out of 5). Statement 43 (‘Education is presented to coaches and S&C regarding the KNEE program but physio is only covered 2 hours/week to cover both 17s and 19s training. Never get to see whether it’s implemented or how well’) received the highest mean difficulty rating (3.11). Nineteen challenges were identified as being the most important and difficult to overcome.

Conclusions This CM process has identified 19 important and difficult challenges to overcome when implementing the Netball Australia KNEE program in 17U and 19U State teams. It is recommended that an advisory group consisting of athletes, coaches, support staff, administrators and implementation specialists is formed to address some of these KNEE implementation challenges.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-IOC.52

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