What is Dance Medicine? | British Journal of Sports Medicine

On September 17, 2018

Traditionally dance medicine has been somewhat the poor relation of sports medicine. Why is this the case? There is no doubt that dancers, of whatever genre, require the physical and psychological attributes of athletes. However, dance involves an additional artistic component where ultimately performance on stage is judged not according to a score card as […]

Raising the barre: how science is saving ballet dancers

On August 1, 2018

Could new science and high-tech training protect dancers from the injuries that end so many of their careers far too early? At the Royal Opera House in London, home of the Royal Ballet, art is fusing with science to revolutionise the way dancers prepare. In the glass-panelled healthcare suite, ballerinas are standing on high-tech force platforms which […]

Matildas Reaping the Benefits of SMARTABASE | TheWomensGame.com

On July 10, 2018

For an athlete, monitoring workload consistently and accurately can have a meaningful impact on performance and injury reduction. Australian Matildas and Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Casey Dumont believes that Smartabase has played a big role in aiding manage her workload. Early in Dumont’s career she suffered a lacerated liver, bouts of osteitis pubis and a ruptured […]

National Adolescent Injury Prevention Programme Launched by the GAA & IT Carlow | Sports News Ireland

On May 30, 2018

The “unsurmountable increase” in the number of lower extremity injuries in 13-18 year old hurlers and Gaelic football players is to be addressed with the announcement today of the country’s first-ever National Adolescent Injury Prevention Programme in what will be a unique collaboration between the GAA and Institute of Technology Carlow (IT Carlow). Training overload, […]

Science of football: Referees | Goal.com

On May 11, 2018

Should the expectations, treatment and training of players be extended to referees. In a previous column I spoke about how fatigue can be emotional, physical, mental. I further explained that regardless of its cause, fatigue will always decrease performance for both players and referees. Within any team structure, team physicians, sport scientists, strength and conditioning […]

Science of football: Are players too tired to excel | Goal.com

On May 11, 2018

Is fatigue an excuse for non-performance or a legitimate concern for players? Fatigue and recovery. Two words heard quite often in the world of football. But are these just words used to provide an excuse after a bad game or is there more to this? It’s been said that that footballers don’t work as hard […]

Australia Endures ‘epidemic’ of Preventable ACL Injuries | BrisbaneTimes.com

On May 3, 2018

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries, more commonly known as ACL injuries, are a devastatingly common injury among athletes in the high performance sector. New research out of Latrobe University in Melbourne has discovered that Australia has the highest rates of ACL reconstructions in the world. It is not only elite athletes that are suffering from ACL […]

The technology helping elite athletes reduce injuries and optimise their performance on the world sporting stage

On April 30, 2018

Our elite athletes spend thousands of hours planning, training and fine tuning their performances in preparation for competition. A key part of preparation for Australian athletes is data analysis. Real-time data analytics may not seem like a big leap from an innovation point of view, but for this great sporting nation it unlocks the potential […]

Rugby’s 8-point safety plan and how it could change the game | inews.co.uk

On March 28, 2018

An annual injury audit of rugby union has found a rise in the number and severity of injuries in the English game, prompting an eight-point plan to improve safety. Read the full article on on iNews

Clinical risk: How to determine the clinical utility of pre-conceived injury risk factors

On March 9, 2017
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HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF YOUR RISK FACTORS? An abundance of research has investigated injury risk factors in elite settings. To date, most of the literature has looked at the relative risk/risk ratio/odds ratio compared to a pre-defined reference group. However, the clinical utility of these pre-conceived risk factors is not often considered […]

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