Development of a database for educating athletes in university sports.
Yosuke Hiroshige, Ryusei Yamaguchi, Toshinao Kamikubo
PMID 33281297WHAT IT FOUND
A database made ankle sprain handouts for student athletic trainers take 3 minutes 44 seconds on average, versus 7 minutes 58 seconds with paper.
They rated it easier and more possible to keep using. It did not test athlete recovery.
Key findings
01Using the database, student athletic trainers created ankle sprain rehabilitation handouts in 3′44″ ± 1′40″, compared with 7′58″ ± 4′40″ using paper.
02They rated menu creation easier with the database than with paper: 4.2 ± 1.0 versus 3.1 ± 1.1 on a 1-to-5 scale, where 5 meant creation was easy.
03They rated ongoing provision of self-training menus higher with the database than with paper: 4.3 ± 0.9 versus 3.2 ± 1.1 on a 1-to-5 scale, where 5 meant ongoing provision was possible.
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What it does not show
The study measured only how student athletic trainers made documents, not whether athletes understood or performed the exercises. All participants were student athletic trainers at one university, so the results may not apply to other settings or more experienced clinicians. The difficulty and ongoing-provision ratings were self-reported on a 1-to-5 scale. The database was tested for ankle sprain rehabilitation documents only, not for other injuries or conditions. Five participants preferred paper, and lower-year students found the menu names and PC use difficult. The authors state the study looked only at the supply side of rehabilitation programmes.
Declared interests
This study was supported by International Pacific University Grant for Specially Promoted Research in 2018. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that a database system improves athlete rehabilitation. It measured only how quickly student athletic trainers made ankle sprain handouts and how easy they found the process. No athlete adherence, understanding, or recovery outcome was measured.