Injury acknowledgement by reduction of sports load in world-leading athletics (track and field) athletes varies with their musculoskeletal health literacy and the socioeconomic environment.

Toomas Timpka Kristina FagherVictor BargoriaChrister AnderssonJenny Jacobsson Håkan GauffinPer-Olof HanssonPaolo Emilio Adami Stéphane Bermon Orjan Dahlstrom

Published in: British journal of sports medicine (2023)

The prevalence of sufficient MS health literacy in world-leading athletics athletes is low. Associations between MS health literacy and injury acknowledgement in these athletes vary with the resourcefulness of the socioeconomic environment, implying that health literacy and resources for medical and performance support should be ascertained concurrently.

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health information
mass spectrometry
multiple sclerosis
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high school
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