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    Rehabilitation interventions need more than methodological standardisation: an individualised approach


    Welch, Neil, Richter, Chris, Moran, Kieran and Franklyn-Miller, Andy (2020) Rehabilitation interventions need more than methodological standardisation: an individualised approach. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (000899). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2055-7647

    Abstract

    Objectives: The main aim in the current study was to use a single-subject analysis to profile the physical performance characteristics of individuals within an injured group and a between-group approach to profile the group as a whole. These profiles were then used to inform single-subject and between-group rehabilitation interventions. Methods: Fifty-three (28 with athletic groin pain and 25 non-injured) Gaelic football players (24.8 years±7.1 years; 179 cm±5.5 cm; 79.7 kg±9.2 kg) underwent 3D biomechanical analysis, which was used to measure a series of physical performance characteristics. The non-injured group was used to create a ‘performance database’ to compare the injured individuals, and a between-group analysis was also conducted. The scores from each analysis were used to inform the targets of interventions. Results: The analysis highlighted the variety of profiles that existed across the tested individuals and that these profiles differed from that of the between-group analysis. By analysing individuals in a single-subject approach, detail can be seen that is lost with between-group analysis.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Rehabilitation; interventions; methodological standardisation; individualised approach;
    Academic Unit: Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Sports Science and Nutrition
    Item ID: 21386
    Identification Number: 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000899
    Depositing User: Kieran Moran
    Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2026 13:56
    Journal or Publication Title: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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