In sport and exercise medicine, increasing pressure to improve athlete health outcomes and performance with limited resources has prompted an emphasis on innovation. A key component to innovation is stakeholder participation and engagement, that is, the involvement of those affected by the outcomes, such as end users and actors (the person(s) performing the required actions/behaviour change), of the research process. Several research frameworks in sport and exercise medicine highly recommend stakeholder engagement as part of the research process. There are, however, different levels to how engaged a stakeholder can be in a research project, and this level of engagement may be dependent on the researchers’ goals. Stakeholder engagement can be organised on a continuum based on the stakeholder’s relationship to the research and how involved they are in the project’s decision-making process. This continuum can be used as a rating scale to evaluate and monitor the degree of perceived stakeholder participation in a research project. There are different paths to innovation in research, which are interlinked, and ideas and knowledge flow between them. Considering the continuum of stakeholder engagement and paths to innovation, this article highlights how different research types require different degrees of stakeholder engagement.

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重新思考创新和利益相关方参与运动和运动医学的作用

在运动和运动医学中，以有限的资源来提高运动员健康结果和表现的压力越来越大，这促使人们更加重视创新。创新的关键要素是利益相关者的参与和参与，也就是说，受结果影响的人们的参与，例如研究过程的最终用户和参与者（执行所需的行为/行为改变的人）。运动和运动医学的几个研究框架强烈建议利益相关者参与，这是研究过程的一部分。但是，利益相关者在研究项目中的参与程度有不同的水平，并且这种参与水平可能取决于研究人员的目标。利益相关者的参与可以基于利益相关者与研究的关系以及他们如何参与项目决策过程的连续性来组织。该连续体可用作评估和评估利益相关者参与研究项目的程度的评定量表。研究创新有不同的途径，它们相互关联，并且思想和知识在它们之间流动。考虑到利益相关者参与的连续性和创新途径，本文重点介绍了不同的研究类型如何要求不同程度的利益相关者参与。它们之间是相互联系的，思想和知识在它们之间流动。考虑到利益相关者参与的连续性和创新途径，本文重点介绍了不同的研究类型如何要求不同程度的利益相关者参与。它们之间是相互联系的，思想和知识在它们之间流动。考虑到利益相关者参与的连续性和创新途径，本文重点介绍了不同的研究类型如何要求不同程度的利益相关者参与。