Reframing the traditional sports injury paradigm: Exhibition-as-intervention in elite sport
- 1University of Nottingham
Abstract
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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BibTeX
@misc{coen2026reframing,
title = {{Reframing the traditional sports injury paradigm: Exhibition-as-intervention in elite sport}},
author = {S. E. Coen and V. Downie and L. Follett and S. McCaig and J. L. Parsons},
howpublished = {medRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.64898/2026.09.21.26363415},
url = {https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.26363415v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Reframing the traditional sports injury paradigm: Exhibition-as-intervention in elite sport
AU - S. E. Coen
AU - V. Downie
AU - L. Follett
AU - S. McCaig
AU - J. L. Parsons
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/21
PB - medRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.09.21.26363415
UR - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.26363415v1
AB - 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.
ER -