Abstract:
The IOC has proposed standard methods for
recording and reporting of data for injury and illness
in sport. The IOC consensus statement authors
anticipated that sport-specific statements would
provide further recommendations. This statement
is the tennis-specific extension of the partner IOC
statement. The International Tennis Federation Sport
Science and Medicine Committee, in collaboration
with selected external experts, met in June 2019 to
consider athlete health monitoring issues specific
to tennis. Once the IOC consensus statement was
finalised, the tennis-specific consensus was drafted
and agreed on by the members over three iterations.
Compared with the IOC consensus statement, the
tennis consensus contains tennis-specific information
on injury mechanism, mode of onset, injury
classification, injury duration, capturing and reporting
exposure, reporting risk and study population. Our
recommendations apply to able-bodied as well as
wheelchair tennis players. Where applicable, specific
recommendations are made for wheelchair tennis.
