Information on sports injuries is essential for identifying the spectrum of injuries that occur in different sports and activities. Through a process of injury surveillance, records are kept on items such as the incidence and severity of injuries, mechanisms of injury and initial treatment. This information is used to identify injury problems for subsequent prevention programs. The success of the intervention can also be assessed with ongoing data collection.

SportSafe has developed a range of resources and tools to help sporting clubs, sports trainers, sports medicine professionals, facility managers and schools collect useful information on sporting injuries.

To assist you with collecting sports injury information, this site will soon offer downloads of the following resources:

• Sports Injury Data Dictionary Level 1
• Examples of sports injury data forms
• Sports Injury data collection database
• Advise for getting started, using and modifying the forms and database