Five Facts about preventing injuries for female, woman and girl athletes

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1. Bullock, G.S., et al., Prevention strategies for lower extremity injury: a systematic review and meta-analyses for the Female, Woman and Girl Athlete Injury Prevention (FAIR) Consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109910
2. Crossley, K.M., et al., Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) practical recommendations: International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025. Br J Sports Med, 2025a. 59(22): p. 1546-1559.
3. Crossley, K.M., and Haberfield M. J. et al., Gender- and/or sex-specific considerations for sport-related injury: a concept mapping approach for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025b. 59(22): p. 1560-1574.
4. Heming, E.E., et al., Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for upper extremity injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025. 59(22): p. 1587-1598.
5. Patterson, B.E., et al., Dissemination and implementation of injury prevention interventions: a scoping review for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025. 59(22): p. 1618-1632.
6. Shill, I.J., et al., Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl/or Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025. 59(22): p. 1599-1616.
7. Whittaker, J.L., et al., Modifiable risk factors for lower-extremity injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025a. 59(21): p. 1499-1513.
8. Whittaker, J.L., et al., Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for spine, chest, abdominal and/or pelvic injury and pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med, 2025b. 59(21): p. 1515-1528.

Pain beliefs and elective back surgery

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1. Tran DT, Lewin AM, Jorm L, Harris IA. Elective spinal surgery in New South Wales adults, 2001–20, by procedure funding type: a cross‐sectional study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2023 Oct 2;219(7):303-9.
2. Harvie, D. S., Keating, C., Fulia, N., Ferreira, M. L., Harris, I. A., & Catley, M. (2025). Predictors of willingness to undergo back surgery: a survey of Australian privately insured adults with chronic back pain. Australian Health Review, 49(6), AH25242.
3. Mannion AF, Brox JI, Fairbank JC. Comparison of spinal fusion and nonoperative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain: long-term follow-up of three randomized controlled trials. The spine journal. 2013 Nov 1;13(11):1438-48.
4. Chowdhury AR, Graham PL, Schofield D, Cunich M, Nicholas M. Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary interventions for chronic low back pain: a narrative review. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2022 Mar 1;38(3):197-207.

Giving women's sport research a FAIR go

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1. Crossley KM, et al (2025a). Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) practical recommendations: International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;59:1546-1559. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110889
2. Crossley KM, et al (2025b). Gender- and/or sex-specific considerations for sport-related injury: a concept mapping approach for the Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;59:1560-1574. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-109946