One test does not fit all: Tailoring hamstring Return-to-Play assessment in football

Authors: Paolo Perna and Marco Beato Hamstring injuries continue to be the most common muscle injury in professional football. Despite the practitioners’ efforts, the high re-injury rate remains an issue (1). This makes the Return-to-Play (RTP) decisions even more challenging and increases the pressure on the medical and performance departments to clear players to return […]

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How access to care impacts sport-related concussion recovery in Olympians?

Keywords: Multidisciplinary care, Olympic sports, return to sport Sport-related concussion is an injury that has received significant scientific attention in recent decades, with direct impacts on sports rules and policies. Surprisingly, very few studies, if any, have focused on concussion in Olympic athletes. After years of data structuring at the medical clinic of the Institut […]

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How can we identify increased risk contacts in sport? The multi-sport COVID-19 risk exposure framework

The Team Sport Risk Exposure Framework-2 (TS-REF-2) to Support the Identification of Increased Risk Contacts in Sport during the COVID-19 Pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic professional sports have continued to run competitive leagues whilst aiming to reduce potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Delivering competitions becomes a challenge when matches are cancelled, postponed or forfeited due to COVID-19 […]

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Consider the chaos: creating ecological validity in the Return to Sport process

By Dr Matt Taberner @MattTaberner & Dr Daniel Cohen @danielcohen1971 From the spectators who view from afar, to the backroom staff who work on the front-line, the beauty of sport is its unpredictability. Whether it is football played on the lush pitches of the English Premier League (EPL) or basketball on the gleaming courts of […]

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Returning to play in 2019 with Dr Clare Ardern. Why not catch this week’s BJSM Podcast?

  On this week’s BJSM podcast, the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) Editor In Chief (EIC) elect Dr Clare Ardern PhD (T: @clare_ardern) helps clinicians address the difficult questions about return to play (RTP). In this 27-minute podcast Dr Ardern discusses: Tips for clinicians when approaching RTP with athletes (and here is […]

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Considering psychological stress alongside training load – A reflection on the “How much is too much’” IOC Consensus Statement

By Pete Garbutt I first read about the International Olympic Committee’s 2-part ‘How much is too much’’ Consensus Statement in BJSM 50(16/17), 2016 regarding injury and illness in athletes. It highlighted common roadblocks to athletic performance, and evidence informed insights to enhance the health of our athletic community. This was a landmark paper to shine light on […]

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No more poker face, it is time to finally lay our cards on the table

By Andy Rolls1, with contribution from Alan McCall1  1 Arsenal Football Club, Research & Development Department, London, UK LEARNING TO SHARE, SHARING TO LEARN ‘Learning to share, sharing to learn’ is a title I have borrowed from an article published in the teaching literature.[1] It is based on the premise that unless individuals disseminate or […]

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World Sports PT Team Concept Conference in Las Vegas: much more than gambling!

By Mario Bizzini The notorious slogan “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” certainly did not apply for the recent Team Concept Conference, which was held in the renowned resort city in Nevada, US. Please just re-live the Twitter buzz on #TCC2016 to get a feeling of three exciting days (December 1 to 3, 2017) when […]

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Return to Play – BJSM Virtual Conference

A monthly round-up of podcasts and articles By Zach Spargo (@ZachSpargo) & Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) Can’t keep up with what the latest research on return-to-play is saying? Need direction on where to find all the up-to-date literature and podcasts? This is your place! We’ve put together the greatest and latest RTP work from BJSM into […]

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