Rapidly increasing sport participation among female, woman, and girl athletes is mirrored by concerning increases in injury burden. Evidence-based injury prevention interventions can reduce injury (1-4), but getting these into routine practice remains challenging. A recent scoping review (5) examined how well injury prevention interventions are used in female/woman/girls’ sport, and which dissemination and implementation […]
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Everything you “kneed” to know about the highest burden match injury in professional men’s rugby union
Authors: Stephen W West, Sam J Hudson, Lindsay Starling, Matthew Cross, Sean Williams, Carly D McKay, Dario Cazzola, John H M Brooks, Rory Murray, Andy Williams, Simon P T Kemp, Keith A Stokes Why is this study important? Knee injuries are the highest burden match injury location in professional rugby, as they are both common and severe (1), and consequently can lead to long recovery times, […]
Female, Woman and Girl Athletes Lower Extremity Injury Risk – Separating Fact from Fiction
Over 60% of female/woman/girl athlete injuries involve the lower-extremity (e.g., groin, hip, thigh, knee, calf, ankle, foot) (1). These injuries disrupt training and competition, increase recurrent injury risk, and can have long-term health consequences. To reduce these injuries, medical and performance teams are often encouraged to target ‘modifiable risk factors’ such as biomechanics, movement patterns, […]
Upper extremity injuries in female, woman, and girl athletes: What we know, what we don’t, and what clinicians can do now.
Upper extremity injuries are common in many sports, yet the evidence guiding how to prevent them in female, woman, and girl (female/woman/girl hereafter) athletes is surprisingly scarce. We recently conducted a systematic review to identify which prevention strategies work, and which modifiable risk factors might contribute to these injuries in female/woman/girl athletes (1). Our findings […]
Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for spine, chest, abdominal and/or pelvic injury and pain in female/woman/girl athletes – What do we know and where do we go from here?
Female, woman, and girl sport has never been more visible (1). This rise in popularity is accompanied by increasing injury rates (2). This blog gives a summary of a recent systematic review done to identify prevention strategies and risk factors for female/woman/girl athletes spine, chest, abdominal and/or pelvic injury/pain (3), which informed the International Olympic […]
How common are injuries and illnesses during the Olympic, Youth Olympic and Paralympic Games, and who is most affected?
Why is this study important? Athletes competing at the Olympic, Youth Olympic and Paralympic Games face high demands and a risk of injury and illness (1,2) which can threaten participation, performance and long-term health (3, 4). Systematic surveillance of injuries and illnesses is crucial for athlete health promotion and has been conducted during the Games […]
Reducing Tendon Compression in Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Key to Better Outcomes?
Keywords: Insertional Achilles tendinopathy, exercise therapy, tendon compression This blog is a summary of a recently published randomised clinical trial (1) Why is this study important? Insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a stubborn and painful injury at the point where the Achilles tendon attaches to the heel bone. It’s especially common in sport-active individuals and can […]
Femoral Acetabular Impingement Syndrome and Its Impact on Mental Health: A Physiotherapist’s Perspective
Keywords: Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome (FAIS), Mental Health, Hip Arthroscopy Femoral acetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) was a condition I knew little about. I was completely unprepared for the challenges it would bring. I boarded a 26-hour flight as a fit and active football enthusiast, but by the time I landed, I was faced with unexpected hip pain […]
Feels-like temperatures and risk of injuries in athletic championships
This blog provides an overview of a recently published study on the “Association between feels-like temperatures and injury risk during international outdoor athletic championships: A prospective cohort study on 29,579 athlete starts during 10 championships” [1]. Why is this study important? Anecdotal field experiences report that when the environmental temperatures are cold, athletes get more […]
The MSK playbook: Tennis elbow
Tennis elbow (or lateral epicondylitis) is a common upper limb condition seen in the musculoskeletal (MSK) clinic. It can cause significant pain, restriction to activity and impact patients Quality of life (QoL). Despite the name, it has little to do with tennis and our understanding of this condition has led us to appreciate the wider […]