TY - JOUR T1 - Methods for epidemiological studies in competitive cycling: an extension of the IOC consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1262 LP - 1269 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103906 VL - 55 IS - 22 AU - Benjamin Clarsen AU - Babette M Pluim AU - Víctor Moreno-Pérez AU - Xavier Bigard AU - Cheri Blauwet AU - Juan Del Coso AU - Javier Courel-Ibáñez AU - Katharina Grimm AU - Nigel Jones AU - Nikki Kolman AU - Manuel Mateo-March AU - Luca Pollastri AU - Cesáreo López-Rodríguez AU - Raquel Ortolano Ríos AU - Michael Roshon AU - Jésus Hoyos Echevarría AU - Gwenaëlle Madouas AU - Lars Petter Nordhaug AU - Jon Patricios AU - Evert Verhagen Y1 - 2021/11/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/22/1262.abstract N2 - In 2020, the IOC released a consensus statement that provides overall guidelines for the recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport. Some aspects of this statement need to be further specified on a sport-by-sport basis. To extend the IOC consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sports and to meet the sport-specific requirements of all cycling disciplines regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). A panel of 20 experts, all with experience in cycling or cycling medicine, participated in the drafting of this cycling-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement. In preparation, panel members were sent the IOC consensus statement, the first draft of this manuscript and a list of topics to be discussed. The expert panel met in July 2020 for a 1-day video conference to discuss the manuscript and specific topics. The final manuscript was developed in an iterative process involving all panel members. This paper extends the IOC consensus statement to provide cycling-specific recommendations on health problem definitions, mode of onset, injury mechanisms and circumstances, diagnosis classifications, exposure, study population characteristics and data collection methods. Recommendations apply to all UCI cycling disciplines, for both able-bodied cyclists and para-cyclists. The recommendations presented in this consensus statement will improve the consistency and accuracy of future epidemiological studies of injury and illness in cycling. ER -