Injury prevention and performance optimisation in sports are evolving from generic strategies to more personalised, timely and data-informed approaches. Traditional systems often rely on infrequent ...

Purpose To examine pluralistic ignorance – the belief that peers’ views differ from one’s own – regarding concussion reporting among male professional rugby players in Major League Rugby (MLR).

Purpose Prior evidence suggests that kynurenine pathway (KP) metabolites and peripheral inflammatory markers are associated with concussion history. Hormonal contraceptives (HC) also affect these ...

In recent years, organised and competitive video gaming, esports, has gained enormous popularity in many parts of the world, contributing to the growing professionalisation of this sports branch. To ...

Introduction and Purpose Several risk factors have been identified that alter risk of developing non-specific low back pain (LBP) in the general population. However, there is a lack of evidence around ...

Running is one of the most accessible and popular physical activities worldwide; however, injuries are the main barrier to ...

Purpose To assess the sleep health of former professional football players (fPFP) and associate sleep and neurodegeneration characteristics, including clinical symptoms and cortical tau deposition.

Introduction and Purpose Measurements of chest wall thickness (CWT) to examine the potential failure rates of needle decompression in elite rugby players and compare to previous studies. Measurements ...

Introduction and Purpose Clinically anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACLi) are poorly diagnosed and often missed. Knee laxity is one of the highest indicators for ACLi, yet clinically laxity is ...

53 ‘Have we thrown the baby out with the bath water?’ A scoping review of the 32 summer olympic sports international federations’ pregnancy and postpartum policies and guidance ...

Background Spectators at several hundred golf tournaments on six continents worldwide may gain health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) during their time at the event. This study aims to investigate ...