Could SMS (or text messaging) be used effectively to collect data for injury surveillance purposes? This is a question asked by Moller and colleagues in a paper in the June 2012, Volume 46 (7) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. These authors wanted to monitor injuries sustained by handball players in Denmark […]
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Injury surveillance, the Olympic way
As the 2012 London Olympic Games begin, so does one of the most intense injury surveillance activities. Polyclinics around the Olympic Village and competition sites are providing medical and allied health support to inured athletes, officials and members of the Olympic family. When they do so, they also contribute to the largest medical coverage […]
Rugby injury surveillance and the provision of defibrillators at sports universities
Injury researchers interested in either injury surveillance in elite sport or the provision of medical devices as a preventive measure in case of injury will be interested in two papers published in the December, Volume 45(15), issue of Injury Prevention’s sister journal, the British Journal of Sports Medicine. In the first paper by Taylor et […]