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  • Leadership experiences of elite football team physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic : a pilot study 
    Carmody, Sean; Brar, Gurneet; Massey, Andrew; Rosenbloom, Craig; Gouttebarge, Vincent; Davison, Mike (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-06)
    OBJECTIVES : The purpose of this study was to explore the leadership experiences of elite football team physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS : A pilot-study based on a cross-sectional design by means of an ...
  • Leisure athletes at risk of medical complications : outcomes of pre-participation screening among 15,778 endurance runners - SAFER VII 
    Schwabe, Karen; Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Swanevelder, Sonja; Jordaan, Esme; Derman, Wayne; Bosch, Andrew (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
    OBJECTIVE : International guidelines for pre-participation screening of masters/leisure athletes to identify those that require medical assessment exist, but have not been implemented in mass-community based sports events. ...
  • London International Consensus and Delphi study on hamstring injuries. Part 1 : Classification 
    Paton, Bruce M.; Court, Nick; Giakoumis, Michael; Head, Paul; Kayani, Babar; Kelly, Sam; Kerkhoffs, Gino M.; Moore, James; Moriarty, Peter; Murphy, Simon; Plastow, Ricci; Pollock, Noel; Read, Paul; Stirling, Ben; Tulloch, Laura; Van Dyk, Nicol; Wilson, Mathew G.; Wood, David; Haddad, Fares (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-03)
    Muscle injury classification systems for hamstring injuries have evolved to use anatomy and imaging information to aid management and prognosis. However, classification systems lack reliability and validity data and are ...
  • London International Consensus and Delphi study on hamstring injuries. Part 2 : Operative Management 
    Plastow, Ricci; Kerkhoffs, Gino M.; Wood, David; Paton, Bruce M.; Kayani, Babar; Pollock, Noel; Court, Nick; Giakoumis, Michael; Head, Paul; Kelly, Sam; Moore, James; Moriarty, Peter; Murphy, Simon; Read, Paul; Stirling, Ben; Tulloch, Laura; Van Dyk, Nicol; Wilson, Mathew G.; Haddad, Fares (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-03)
    The key indications for surgical repair of hamstring injuries (HSIs) remain unclear in the literature due to a lack of high-level evidence and expert knowledge. The 2020 London International Hamstring Consensus meeting ...
  • London International Consensus and Delphi study on hamstring injuries. Part 3 : Rehabilitation, running and return to sport 
    Paton, Bruce M.; Read, Paul; Van Dyk, Nicol; Wilson, Mathew G.; Pollock, Noel; Court, Nick; Giakoumis, Michael; Head, Paul; Kayani, Babar; Kelly, Sam; Kerkhoffs, Gino M.; Moore, James; Moriarty, Peter; Murphy, Simon; Plastow, Ricci; Stirling, Ben; Tulloch, Laura; Wood, David; Haddad, Fares (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-03)
    Hamstring injuries (HSIs) are the most common athletic injury in running and pivoting sports, but despite large amounts of research, injury rates have not declined in the last 2 decades. HSI often recur and many areas are ...
  • Longer distance races and slower running pace are associated with exercise associated collapse 
    Naidoo, Dhavina; Sewry, Nicola; Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Jordaan, Esme (Edizione Minerva Medica, 2022-11)
    BACKGROUND: Exercise associated collapse (EAC) is a common medical encounter at distance running events. Risk factors associated with EAC are not well documented. The objective is to determine the overall incidence of EAC ...
  • Management of proximal rectus femoris injuries-do we know what we're doing? : A systematic review 
    Bogwasi, Lone; Holtzhausen, Louis; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Botha, Tanita (Termedia Publishing, 2023-07-21)
    Rectus femoris (RF) injury is a concern in sports. The management RF strains/tears and avulsion injuries need to be clearly outlined. A systematic review of literature on current management strategies for RF injuries, ...
  • Managing travel fatigue and jet lag in athletes : a review and consensus statement 
    Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Fowler, Peter M.; Bender, Amy M.; Stevens, David; Sullivan, Kieran O.; Fullagar, Hugh H.K.; Alonso, Juan-Manuel; Biggins, Michelle; Claassen-Smithers, Amanda; Collins, Rob; Dohi, Michiko; Driller, Matthew W.; Dunican, Ian C.; Gupta, Luke; Halson, Shona L.; Lastella, Michele; Miles, Kathleen H.; Nedelec, Mathieu; Page, Tony; Roach, Gregory Daniel; Sargent, Charli; Singh, Meeta; Vincent, Grace E.; Vitale, Jacopo A.; Botha, Tanita (Springer, 2021-10)
    Athletes are increasingly required to travel domestically and internationally, often resulting in travel fatigue and jet lag. Despite considerable agreement that travel fatigue and jet lag can be a real and impactful issue ...
  • Match injury incidence during the Super Rugby tournament is high : a prospective cohort study over five seasons involving 93 641 player-hours 
    Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Jordaan, Esme; Janse van Rensburg, Charl; Bayne, Helen; Derman, Wayne; Readhead, Clint; Collins, Rob; Kourie, Alan; Suter, Jason; Strauss, Org (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-05)
    OBJECTIVES : To determine the incidence and nature of injuries in the Super Rugby tournament over a 5-year period. METHODS : 482 male professional rugby union players from six South African teams participating in the Super ...
  • Measuring the growing impact of BOSEM : halfway there or living on a prayer? 
    Owen, Patrick J.; Belavy, Daniel Ludovic; Robinson, Diana Gai; Anderson, Nash; Harwood, Amy; Mavros, Yorgi; Sewry, Nicola; Verhagen, Evert (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-08)
    Comparison is often cited as the thief of joy. However, in academic publishing, comparing the quality and impact of scholarly journals through metrics can help you choose the most impactful journal to entrust your scientific ...
  • Medical encounters (including injury and illness) at mass community-based endurance sports events : an international consensus statement on definitions and methods of data recording and reporting 
    Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Kipps, Courtney; Roberts, William O.; Drezner, Jonathan A.; D'Hemecourt, Pierre; Troyanos, Chris; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Killops, Jannelene; Borresen, Jill; Harrast, Mark; Adami, Paolo E.; Bermon, Stephane; Bigard, Xavier; Migliorini, Sergio; Jordaan, Esme; Borjesson, Mats (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-09)
    Mass participation endurance sports events are popular but a large number of participants are older and may be at risk of medical complications during events. Medical encounters (defined fully in the statement) include ...
  • Medical encounters among 94,033 race starters during a 16.1-km running event over 3 years in the Netherlands: SAFER XXVI 
    Sewry, Nicola; Wiggers, Tom; Schwellnus, Martin Peter (Sage, 2023-03)
    BACKGROUND : There are limited data on the medical encounters (MEs) occurring during mass community-based running events of shorter distances (10-21.1 km). The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and nature ...
  • Medical encounters in a 90-km ultramarathon running event : a 6-year study in 103 131 race starters-SAFER XVII 
    Sewry, Nicola; Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Boulter, Jeremy; Seocharan, Ishen; Jordaan, Esme (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2022-01)
    OBJECTIVE : To determine the incidence and nature of illness-related medical encounters (MEs) at a 90-km, ultramarathon, mass, community-based, endurance running event. DESIGN : Retrospective, descriptive epidemiological ...
  • Mental health symptoms in electronic football players 
    Pereira, Ana Monteiro; Teques, Pedro; Verhagen, Evert; Gouttebarge, Vincent; Figueiredo, Pedro; Brito, Joao (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
    BACKGROUND : The escalated competitive pressure and professionalisation of esports players could predispose them to mental health symptoms. We aimed to develop a model to explore the association between distress and ...
  • Methods for epidemiological studies in competitive cycling: an extension of the IOC consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 
    Clarsen, Benjamin; Pluim, Babette M.; Moreno-Perez, Víctor; Bigard, Xavier; Blauwet, Cheri; Del Coso, Juan; Courel-Ibanez, Javier; Grimm, Katharina; Jones, Nigel; Kolman, Nikki; Mateo-March, Manuel; Pollastri, Luca; Lopez-Rodriguez, Cesareo; Rios, Raquel Ortolano; Roshon, Michael; Echevarria, Jesus Hoyos; Madouas, Gwenaelle; Nordhaug, Lars Petter; Patricios, Jon; Verhagen, Evert (BMJ Publishing Group Group, 2021-11)
    In 2020, the IOC released a consensus statement that provides overall guidelines for the recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport. Some aspects of this statement need to be further ...
  • Minds matter : how COVID-19 highlighted a growing need to protect and promote athlete mental health 
    Gouttebarge, Vincent; Bindra, Abhinav; Drezner, Jonathan; Mkumbuzi, Nonhlanhla; Patricios, Jon; Rao, Ashwin; Thornton, Jane S.; Watson, Andrew; Reardon, Claudia L. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-09)
    The Sports and Exercise Medicine community and other sport stakeholders are becoming increasingly aware of the mental health symptoms (eg, depression, anxiety, substance misuse) reported by athletes. In 2019, this led to ...
  • More than 50% of players sustained a time-loss injury (>1 day of lost training or playing time) during the 2012 Super Rugby Union Tournament : a prospective cohort study of 17 340 player-hours 
    Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Thomson, Alan; Derman, Wayne; Jordaan, Esme; Readhead, Clint; Collins, Robert Matthew; Morris, Ian; Strauss, Org; Van der Linde, Ewoudt; Williams, Arthur (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-09)
    BACKGROUND : Professional rugby union is a contact sport with a high risk of injury. OBJECTIVE : To document the incidence and nature of time-loss injuries during the 2012 Super Rugby tournament. DESIGN : Prospective ...
  • MRI findings of cyclops lesions of the knee 
    Minne, Cornelia; Velleman, Mark D.; Suleman, Farhana Ebrahim (Media 24 & South African Orthopaedic Association, 2012)
    Cyclops lesions develop in the anterior aspect of the intercondylar notch typically after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction or injury. It is a lesion consisting of fibrous tissue with or without cartilage ...
  • No time to waste : necessary health support for retired professional rugby players 
    Gouttebarge, Vincent; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Kerkhoffs, Gino M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-05)
    There has been increasing scrutiny of professional rugby following the concern that retired players might face several negative health conditions. Currently, support measures addressing the health of retired professional ...
  • Non-traumatic injury profile of amateur cyclists 
    Van der Walt, A.J.; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Fletcher, Lizelle; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Van der Walt, Alta (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014)
    BACKGROUND : Non-traumatic bicycle injuries are common. However, research available on non-traumatic injuries in amateur cyclists is more than a decade old, and most of the research on this topic has been done in Europe ...