TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Biathlon Injury and Illness Surveillance project (BIIS): development of biathlon-specific surveillance forms in English, Russian, French and German
JO  - BMJ open sport and exercise medicine
A1  - Van Dyk, Carlee
A1  - Panagodage Perera, Nirmala
A1  - Carrabre, James E.
A1  - Manfredini, Fabio
A1  - Fitzpatrick, Jane
SP  - e000588
EP  - e000588
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this project was to adapt the English, French, German and Russian versions of the International Olympic Committee (<i>IOC</i>) <i>injury and illness surveillance form</i> to be sport-specific for use in biathlon. <br><br>METHODS: 23 medical representatives from 16 of the 55 biathlon federations participated in this project to adapt the form and create disease coding relevant to biathlon. The English version of the <i>IOC injury and illness surveillance form</i> was used as the primary template. Four review rounds were used to develop electronic fillable PDF forms. The changes were then forward translated onto the Russian, French and German forms. <br><br>RESULTS: Changes were made to event type to biathlon-specific events. A weekly reporting format was adopted in line with the race week format of World Cup events. Wherever possible, coding replaced free-text format to avoid translation issues. New codes were created to describe the time of injury/illness. A new symptom code was added to reflect the prevalence of respiratory infection: sore throat/cold symptoms. As the number of athletes in a team differs between weeks in the season, an additional question was added to ask for the 'number of athletes in the team for the week' and for the season. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This project provides a biathlon-specific injury and illness surveillance form in English, French, German and Russian. This forms the basis for surveillance that will contribute to a greater understanding of the illness and injury rate in elite biathletes and ultimately to enhanced athlete well-being and success in biathlon, and winter sports more generally.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2055-7647
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000588
ID  - ref1
ER  -