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Tervo, T., Simensen, A. & Karp, S. (2024). Does responsibility fall on the players or the sporting context?: A study of the use of injury-prevention programmes in Swedish elite floorball clubs. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 15, 111-129
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Does responsibility fall on the players or the sporting context?: A study of the use of injury-prevention programmes in Swedish elite floorball clubs
2024 (English)In: Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, E-ISSN 2000-088X, Vol. 15, p. 111-129Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: Floorball is a team sport associated with many potential injuries, but several studies have shown that injury-prevention programmes (IPEPs) can reduce the risk of injuries occurring. Despite the existence and efficacy of injury-prevention exercise programmes, the incidence of injuries is still high. An important factor in conducting injury-prevention programmes regularly is player motivation. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the perceptions of and motivations behind floorball players participating in injury-prevention programmes in relation to their athletic context in elite Swedish clubs.

Method: Thirteen players from three different teams—five men and eight women—were interviewed. The interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis.Results: One main overall theme was identified: Insufficient conditions for motivation. The theme consists of four categories: “high demand on player responsibility”, “the influence of injuries”, “lack of time”, and “support from experts”.

Conclusions: The results of the study show that the conditions necessary for floorball player’s motivation in their sporting environment to perform injury-prevention exercise programme are insufficient, despite knowledge of their significance in avoiding injuries. The two main detriments to the motivation of the players to conduct injury-prevention exercise programmes were a lack of time, and injury-prevention programmes not being prioritised in everyday training. Based on the results, it is suggested that floorball players need improved conditions in order to be able to perform injury-prevention programmes on a regular basis, and moreover, that injury-prevention exercises must become a natural part of everyday training.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Malmö University, 2024
Keywords
floorball, team sports, motivation, injury prevention, qualitative methods, holistic approach, self-determination theory
National Category
Pedagogy Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-229066 (URN)
Funder
Umeå University
Available from: 2024-09-02 Created: 2024-09-02 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Tykkyläinen, S. J., Tervo, T. T., Wiklund-Engblom, A. & Wadell, K. (2024). Rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients in hospital settings during the pandemic: a phenomenological study of Finnish physiotherapists' perspective. European Journal of Physiotherapy
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients in hospital settings during the pandemic: a phenomenological study of Finnish physiotherapists' perspective
2024 (English)In: European Journal of Physiotherapy, ISSN 2167-9169, E-ISSN 2167-9177Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Introduction

The subjective experiences of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensively studied; however, little research has focused on the experiences and perspectives of physiotherapists’, especially in the Nordic countries. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences and perceptions of physiotherapists regarding the rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients in hospital settings during the COVID-19-pandemic in Finland.

Methods

Hermeneutic phenomenology was employed as a methodology. Ten physiotherapists were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed using thematic analysis.

Results

Four themes were identified: (1) pragmatic development of sensitive rehabilitation practices in a new and confusing working environment; (2) becoming a member of a cohesive team; (3) mixed feelings and reactions when facing the brutality of an unknown disease; and (4) being supported by colleagues but lacking support from the healthcare organisation.

Conclusion

The results may benefit healthcare organisations in improving organisational processes for ensuring the wellbeing of physiotherapists during future crises. Concrete actions to support employees could be developed by arranging resources for professional counselling and reflection during and after such crises, and by developing appropriate systems for recognising professional conduct in spite of difficult circumstances.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
Covid-19, pandemic, rehabilitation, experiences, perceptions, phenomenology, thematic analysis
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-226800 (URN)10.1080/21679169.2024.2367709 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-06-20 Created: 2024-06-20 Last updated: 2024-06-24
Söderström, T., Sandlund, S., Westerlund, R. & Tervo, T. (2024). The role of physiological testing for athlete development in sport: the elite athlete perspective. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59(8), 1244-1265
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The role of physiological testing for athlete development in sport: the elite athlete perspective
2024 (English)In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, ISSN 1012-6902, E-ISSN 1461-7218, Vol. 59, no 8, p. 1244-1265Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

One common practice in talent development environments during the investment years (age 16+) and elite sport, in general, is the use of physiological testing of the athletes’ physical determinants of performance. In this article, the regime of controlling and monitoring athletes’ bodies for elite sport production through physiological testing will be examined. To this end, we explored athletes’ experiences of what has been done and why physiological tests are carried out the way they are to understand the practice of physiological testing in relation to athlete development. The material in this study is based on interviews with adult elite sport athletes (four group interviews with eight individual athletes in three different sports, four male and four female, and individual interviews with twelve female and five male football players). Schatzki's and Reckwitz's theorizing on social practices, together with Dewey's theorizing on learning from experience, are used to explore and illuminate the practice of physiological testing and what learning is enabled and constrained within that practice. The findings show that the meaning and significance of physiological testing for athletic development relates to how the tests are followed up and talked through with the athletes. The analysis shows that there exists a form of sport-wide commonality where the same understandings, rules or ends—irrespective of which sport is concerned—govern coaches’ and athletes’ behavior regarding physiological tests. The physiological testing practice articulates action intelligibility through rules and structures which emphasizes tests as isolated quantified indicators of physical status. The use of physiological tests as a part of learning or as a means for athlete development can therefore be questioned.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
Keywords
practice theory, learning, talent development, performance enhancement, meaning making
National Category
Pedagogy Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-226065 (URN)10.1177/10126902241258677 (DOI)001241990800001 ()2-s2.0-85195397470 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-06-12 Created: 2024-06-12 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Tervo, T., Ermling, J., Nordström, A. & Toss, F. (2020). The 9+ screening test score does not predict injuries in elite floorball players. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30(7), 1232-1236
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The 9+ screening test score does not predict injuries in elite floorball players
2020 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, ISSN 0905-7188, E-ISSN 1600-0838, Vol. 30, no 7, p. 1232-1236Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We aimed to examine whether the 9+ screening test score could predict injuries in elite floorball players. Eighty‐four elite floorball players participated in the study. At baseline, two physiotherapists assessed the participants using the 9+ screening test. The test score reflects strength, stability, mobility, and functional movement pattern with an emphasis on the lower body and core. Injuries that occurred the following season (2013/2014) were recorded by medical staff, coaches and/or self‐reported by the players. Overall, there was no relationship between the 9+ screening test score and injury risk (OR = 0.96 per SD lower test score, p = 0.84). We therefore conclude that the 9+ screening test is not suited for overall injury risk prediction in elite floorball players. Whether the test may be used to predict risk of certain injury types more strongly related to inadequate mobility and strength (e.g. muscle ruptures or strains) warrants further investigation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2020
Keywords
floorball, functional movement, screening test, team sports
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Sports Medicine
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-169566 (URN)10.1111/sms.13663 (DOI)000527098700001 ()32248579 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85083674582 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2020-04-07 Created: 2020-04-07 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Tervo, T., Nyström, H. & Nordström, A. (2019). Injuries in Swedish floorball players: A nationwide matched cohort study. Cogent Medicine, 6, Article ID 1673087.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Injuries in Swedish floorball players: A nationwide matched cohort study
2019 (English)In: Cogent Medicine, ISSN 2331-205X, Vol. 6, article id 1673087Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this study was to investigate injury incidence and patterns in female and male floorball players of different ages compared with matched controls. This study involved all floorball players in Sweden and licensed during 2010–2012, and matched controls selected from Sweden’s Total Population Register. Injury diagnoses were acquired from national health care registers. The cohort comprised 148,372 players and 614,678 controls, with the median age 13 (range, 6‒69) years. In most age groups, players were at increased risk of traumatic injury, particularly knee and eye injuries. The incidence of cruciate ligament injury increased steeply from the ages of 13 years in girls and 16 years in boys, and was more than 7 times higher in female players aged ≥ 16 years than in controls. The risk of eye injury for floorball players compared to controls was increased from the age of 10 years in male players and approximately doubled from the age of 13 years; in adult female players this risk was more than 6 times higher than in controls. Development and implementation of injury prevention measures are essential so that floorball players can safely practice their sport. Given the increased risk of injuries seen also in young players, such measures should be applied in all age categories.

Keywords
Sports and Leisure, Sport and Exercise Science, Sports Coaching, Sports Medicine and Therapy
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-163903 (URN)10.1080/2331205X.2019.1673087 (DOI)
Available from: 2019-10-08 Created: 2019-10-08 Last updated: 2022-04-21Bibliographically approved
Tervo, T. (2015). Utvecklings- och forskningsstrategier för Svensk Innebandy 2015-2017. Umeå: Umeå universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Utvecklings- och forskningsstrategier för Svensk Innebandy 2015-2017
2015 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Umeå universitet, 2015. p. 22
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-123158 (URN)
Available from: 2016-06-28 Created: 2016-06-28 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Tervo, T. & Nordström, A. (2014). Science of flooball: a systematic review. Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014(5), 249-255
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Science of flooball: a systematic review
2014 (English)In: Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, E-ISSN 1179-1543, Vol. 2014, no 5, p. 249-255Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: 

The purpose of this study was to comprehensively review the scientific research on floorball at the competitive and recreational levels according to field of study.

Methods: 

Full articles containing original data on floorball that had been published in English in peer-reviewed journals were considered for inclusion.

Results: 

Of 75 articles screened, 19 were included in this systematic review. One article each was identified in the fields of sports management and sports psychology, and the remaining 17 articles were in the field of sports medicine. Injury epidemiology in floorball players was the most thoroughly examined topic of research. To date, no research has been performed on the incidence of floorball-related injury, or any aspect of the sport, in children and adolescents.

Conclusion: 

Collaborative research among sports science disciplines is needed to identify strategies to reduce the incidence of injury and enhance the performance of licensed floorball players. Despite the increasing popularity of floorball in recent years, surprisingly little research has examined this sport.

Keywords
floorball, unihockey, review
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-96552 (URN)10.2147/OAJSM.S60490 (DOI)
Available from: 2014-11-21 Created: 2014-11-21 Last updated: 2024-01-11Bibliographically approved
Nordström, A., Bredemo, C. & Tervo, T. (2013). Bättre sprintförmåga med ny träningsmodell. Svensk Idrottsforskning: Organ för Centrum för Idrottsforskning, 22(4), 28-31
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Bättre sprintförmåga med ny träningsmodell
2013 (Swedish)In: Svensk Idrottsforskning: Organ för Centrum för Idrottsforskning, ISSN 1103-4629, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 28-31Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Innebandy är en sport fylld med högintensiva löpningar som ställer krav på både snabbhet och uthållighet. Förmågan att kunna upprepa många sprintlöpningar går att förbättra med särskild träning. Därför finns nu för första gången en träningsmodell anpassad för innebandy.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Centrum för idrottsforskning, 2013
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-86986 (URN)
Available from: 2014-03-17 Created: 2014-03-17 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Tervo, T. (2013). Utvecklings- och forskningsstrategier för Svensk Innebandy 2013-2014. Umeå: Umeå universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Utvecklings- och forskningsstrategier för Svensk Innebandy 2013-2014
2013 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Umeå universitet, 2013. p. 17
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-123157 (URN)
Available from: 2016-06-28 Created: 2016-06-28 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Tervo, T. & Nordström, A. (2013). Vad vet forskningen om innebandy?. Svensk Idrottsforskning: Organ för Centrum för Idrottsforskning, 4
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vad vet forskningen om innebandy?
2013 (Swedish)In: Svensk Idrottsforskning: Organ för Centrum för Idrottsforskning, ISSN 1103-4629, Vol. 4Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Centrum för idrottsforskning, 2013
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-96549 (URN)
Available from: 2014-11-21 Created: 2014-11-21 Last updated: 2022-01-05Bibliographically approved
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