Prevention versus risk reduction or mitigation: Why create unnecessary battles?

Several authors in sports medicine (e.g. 1. Hewett1Tim. Risk Reduction is what is measured and is PRECISE terminology ... “Prevention” is NOT measured & is obtuse fuzzy terminology. . Risk Reduction is what is measured and is PRECISE terminology ... “Prevention” is NOT measured & is obtuse fuzzy terminology. IF u tell a parent that you're protocol is going to “Prevent” their child from an injury and THEN they have an injury you have ☝Risk of legal liability!. Twitter. 2022. Google Scholar , 2 Webster K.E. Hewett T.E. Meta-analysis of meta-analyses of anterior cruciate ligament injury reduction training programs. J Orthop Res. 2018; 36: 2696-2708 Crossref PubMed Scopus (137) Google Scholar , 3 Roe M. Malone S. Blake C. et al. A six stage operational framework for individualising injury risk management in sport. Inj Epidemiol. 2017; 4: 26 Crossref PubMed Scopus (31) Google Scholar , 4 Edouard P. Ford K.R. Great challenges toward sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. Front Sports Act Living. 2020; 2: 80 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar ) argue that the term prevention, as in injury prevention, be abandoned or even prohibited because they believe it implies all events are stopped by the stated intervention. Since injuries occur even with the best injury prevention programmes, these authors believe prevention is a misnomer. For example, one author wrote “[injury prevention] implies stopping a specific event from occurring and that's not likely what these [injury prevention] programs do”, 2 Webster K.E. Hewett T.E. Meta-analysis of meta-analyses of anterior cruciate ligament injury reduction training programs. J Orthop Res. 2018; 36: 2696-2708 Crossref PubMed Scopus (137) Google Scholar and another wrote “prevention means no occurrence of injuries.”. 4 Edouard P. Ford K.R. Great challenges toward sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. Front Sports Act Living. 2020; 2: 80 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar Some have even suggested legal liability is increased if a parent is told their child is following an injury prevention programme and yet the child becomes injured. 1. Hewett1Tim. Risk Reduction is what is measured and is PRECISE terminology ... “Prevention” is NOT measured & is obtuse fuzzy terminology. . Risk Reduction is what is measured and is PRECISE terminology ... “Prevention” is NOT measured & is obtuse fuzzy terminology. IF u tell a parent that you're protocol is going to “Prevent” their child from an injury and THEN they have an injury you have ☝Risk of legal liability!. Twitter. 2022. Google Scholar These authors suggest replacing the term prevention with risk reduction, mitigation, or risk management. 2 Webster K.E. Hewett T.E. Meta-analysis of meta-analyses of anterior cruciate ligament injury reduction training programs. J Orthop Res. 2018; 36: 2696-2708 Crossref PubMed Scopus (137) Google Scholar ,4 Edouard P. Ford K.R. Great challenges toward sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. Front Sports Act Living. 2020; 2: 80 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar As Editors and Associate Editors, it is our experience that some reviewers now even insist authors avoid the term prevention. This has also been noted by others. 5. Lahti_johan. Reviewer wants me to stop using the term "injury prevention", and switch to injury management (maybe more rehab+prevention) or mitigation/reduction. . Reviewer wants me to stop using the term "injury prevention", and switch to injury management (maybe more rehab+prevention) or mitigation/reduction. My bias is that reduction means "hinder", not reduce to 0, but then again, I'm not a native speaker! :) So, please help by voting. Twitter. 2020. Google Scholar