What is the problem? Sports injury monitoring systems have adopted an increasingly scientific approach to monitoring players’ health through standardised consensus-based guidelines.1 2 Within these systems, athletes are usually instructed to report their injuries based on a delineated injury definition. Then medical staff review the data and determine the required necessary actions. Yet, injury monitoring […]
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Contact tracing for international elite sport during COVID-19
Public health and social measures to control the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 advocated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), implemented by national authorities and followed by individuals, have helped decrease the incidence of cases and death from COVID-19. Scientists and policymakers have worked closely together to better understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus, assess risks associated with SARS-CoV-2, […]
S&C or Physio – who are the real exercise professionals? What about Sport Rehabilitators?
A recent blog post S&C or Physio – who are the real exercise professionals? written by physiotherapist Mr Uzo Ehiogu identified the need for ‘the physiotherapist wanting to use exercise as a primary mode of intervention’ to up-skill and sharpen their skill set in this area. This stance from a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist should be […]
Promoting physical activity for mental health in contexts of displacement
Promoting physical activity for mental health in contexts of displacement The global refugee crises Roughly 1% of the world’s population, equivalent to approximately 79.5 million people currently live in a context of displacement. This includes refugees, internally displaced people and asylum-seekers. The overwhelming majority (85%) reside in low-resourced environments, with both pre- and post-migration stressors […]
Hop distance: The elephant in the room
An insight into an original research, as part of the BJSM’s new #KnowledgeTranslation blog series Link to the paper in BJSM here Krylov’s Inquisitive Man travelled around a museum observing all sorts of minute details, but in so doing failed to notice the massive elephant on display. Single hop for distance is the most used […]
Long COVID on a long leash – let’s embrace the multidisciplinary approach
Athletes and Post-COVID-19 condition For more than a year now the whole world has been fighting the COVID-19 crisis. WHO declared a pandemic on March 11 and it is still ongoing. The great hope is in massive vaccination but the real end is still not clear. What seemed a “simple” respiratory infection at the beginning […]
A Beginners Guide to Musculoskeletal MRI
Muscle injury is the most common type of injury in athletes, especially in football players (Ekstrand (2011), Elliott (2011)). For this pathology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is included in the diagnostic algorithm in most cases. To reach an adequate diagnosis and to obtain the best possible prediction of the RTP it is essential to work […]
Challenging gendered norms in sport and physical activity: implications for injury prevention
Part of the BJSM’s #KnowledgeTranslation blog series The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for athletes in girls’/women’s sport has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3-6 times more likely to experience this injury when compared with athletes in boys’/men’s sport. Injury prevention research in this area has, to date, focused heavily […]
Travel for Elite Athletes During COVID-19 – A Graphical Guide
This graphical guide outlines current evidence-based recommendations on travelling in elite sport during the coronavirus pandemic. This serves only as a guide; given the dynamically changing situation, any newly released recommendations should be taken into account. General Travel Guidance – key considerations: At the time of writing (March 2021) travel is generally only recommended for […]
S&C or Physio – who are the real exercise professionals?
This is a polarising topic and one in which there are multiple perspectives and positions on this subject. However, for the purposes of brevity I will restrict my analysis and comparisons to physiotherapists and strength and conditioning (S&C) professionals working with athletic populations. Historically the physiotherapist has reigned ‘top dog’ in the management hierarchy […]