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Reframing the traditional sports injury paradigm: Exhibition-as-intervention in elite sport

Coen, S. E.; Downie, V.; Follett, L.; McCaig, S.; Parsons, J. L.

2026-09-27 sports medicine
10.64898/2026.09.21.26363415 medRxiv
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This article critically considers how exhibition, as a modality for research evidence delivery, can be mobilised in the largely positivist and biomedical world of elite sport for the purpose of system change. Our interdisciplinary team composed of a health geographer and rehabilitation scientist together with non-academic specialists in athlete health and performance innovation, conceptualised an exhibition-as-intervention to reframe gender disparities in sports injury from being biologically induced to also socially influenced. Here, we reflect on our experience creating and implementing More Than Medals: Gendered Environments of Sports Injury Uncovered - a research-based, online, multimedia exhibition exploring the gendered environments of sports injury through the first-hand experiences of female athletes. Using evaluation interviews with both sports staff and athletes, we assess the impacts of our exhibition-as-intervention. We conclude that exhibition offers a novel way to bridge social and biomedical paradigms, innovate on evidence delivery in elite sport, and close the gap between social sciences research and practice.

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