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{"title":"Yarning about the Tidda Talk programme: Opportunities for improved practice and future directions.","authors":"Madeleine English, Karla Canuto, Danielle Manton, Colleen Fricker, Jake Wilson, Cristina M Caperchione","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore participants' experiences regarding the feasibility and acceptability of the Tidda Talk programme-an integrated physical activity and psychosocial initiative for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative evaluation of a single arm feasibility and acceptability trial.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Yarning sessions were conducted with N = 19 programme participants approximately 1-2 weeks after programme completion. Reflexive thematic analysis, with an emphasis on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standpoint, was used to analyse verbatim transcripts or notes in place of audio recordings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three themes were generated from the data: 1) Creating a space of healing, highlighting the importance of the culturally safe environment within the programme and associated social facilitators; 2) happier, healthier and learning life skills, detailing the new physical, social, emotional, physical and cultural skills and knowledge learned by participants throughout their programme experience; and 3) opportunities for improved practice, exploring recommendations for enhancing the programme for the next generation of Tiddas (i.e., programme participants).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings support the overall feasibility and acceptability of the Tidda Talk programme. Critical factors in the programme's success were its holistic health approach, dual-component programme structure and flexible, place-based delivery. Overall, the study offers broader insight into how mental health and social and emotional wellbeing programmes and services may be optimised for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, allowing providers to understand what is truly needed and what will work.</p>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143780392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of active learning on cognitive performance and physical fitness in preschool children: the role of exercise intensity.","authors":"Carlos Martin Martinez, Augusto G Zapico, Pedro L Valenzuela, Asier Mañas, Oscar Martinez-de-Quel","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To analyze the effects of different PA intensities during active learning on cognitive performance and physical fitness in preschool children.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cluster randomized controlled trial.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four classrooms (n = 99 children aged 3-6 years) were randomly allocated to two intervention groups that performed either light PA (LPA, n = 26) or moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA, n = 25) during foreign language (English) lessons, or to a control group (n = 48) that maintained their usual sedentary lessons. The intervention consisted of two 45-min lessons per week and was performed over a 10-week period. Children's PA levels and intensity during sessions were assessed through accelerometry. Primary outcomes included the retention of foreign language vocabulary (free- and cued-recall tests), cognitive performance (BENCI battery), and physical fitness (PREFIT battery).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both LPA and particularly MVPA groups resulted in greater total PA levels and intensity compared with the control group (p < 0.001) and provided significantly larger benefits in the free-recall test and verbal memory (all p < 0.05 compared to the control group). Additionally, MVPA group provided larger benefits in the free- and cued-recall tests, speed agility and cardiorespiratory fitness (all p < 0.05 compared to LPA).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Physically active learning appears as an effective strategy for enhancing foreign language vocabulary, cognitive performance, and physical fitness in preschool children. Increasing PA intensity seems to maximize these benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143795679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A modified Sports Medicine Australia extreme heat policy and web tool.","authors":"Federico Tartarini, James W Smallcombe, Grant P Lynch, Troy J Cross, Carolyn Broderick, Ollie Jay","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The new extreme heat policy (EHP) issued by Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) in 2021 (SMA EHP v1 (2021)) was designed to protect healthy adults playing recreational sports from heat-related illness. Using a fundamental biophysical heat balance model to estimate heat stress risk, this extreme heat policy offered significant improvements on the policy previously used by SMA (2009). Yet, community feedback highlighted opportunities for further improvement. Specifically, heat stress risk was reportedly underestimated in very hot and dry extremes but overestimated in humid extremes. Due to SMA EHP v1 (2021) being a printed policy document, users were required to manually consult graphs for 40 sports - which were broadly classified into 5 separate groups - to determine the overall heat stress risk using temperature and humidity data extracted from local weather services - a process vulnerable to human error. Here, we propose a further updated SMA extreme heat policy (SMA EHP v2 (2024)). Adapting the validated International Standards Organisation Predicted Heat Strain model, updated heat stress risk curves were developed for the 40 most popular Australian sports with the aim of providing greater protection in very hot and dry extremes by accounting for high required sweat rates and additional cardiovascular strain. SMA EHP v2 (2024) reduces previously high rates of disruption to play in humid extremes by preferentially recommending active cooling and rest breaks. It also incorporates sport-specific metabolic rates, clothing and self-generated wind speeds to provide more precise estimations of heat stress risk. A freely accessible cross-platform web tool is described enabling convenient implementation with location specific, hour-by-hour risk classification, hierarchical recommendations of risk reduction strategies, and 7-day risk forecasting (https://sma-heat-policy.sydney.edu.au). Intended users are sporting administrators, coaches, and sport medical teams responsible for the safety and well-being of healthy adults engaging in recreational and community sports in hot weather, and people wishing to manage heat stress risk during planned training activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143674089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Participant demographics and research questions from 10-years of chronic ankle instability studies: A scoping review.","authors":"Luke Donovan, Shelley W Linens, Tricia Hubbard-Turner, Janet Simon, Phillip A Gribble, Abbey C Thomas","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine 'who' and 'what' were studied over the previous 10-years as it relates to individuals with chronic ankle instability.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Scoping review.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Web of Science™ was used to identify all studies that referenced the International Ankle Consortium selection criteria guidelines. Original research reports which cited adherence to the guidelines were included. Data related to demographic information and outcome measures were synthesized to form a descriptive analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 377 studies were included which equated to 11,604 participants with chronic ankle instability. The combined average age of participants was 23.9 years. For measures related to ankle sprain history, participants averaged 4.3 ± 3.7 sprains and 6.2 ± 5.9 years since their first ankle sprain. Across the studies, the number of ankle sprains was reported in 42.7 % of studies and time since first ankle sprain was reported in 10.9 % of studies. Nearly 80 % of studies reported information from at least one validated questionnaire related to ankle instability or ankle function. The primary aim of most studies (44 %) was to determine differences in motor-behavioral impairments between individuals with and without chronic ankle instability.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although many studies indicated that they adhered to the International Ankle Consortium selection criteria for chronic ankle instability, variables related to demographic information were inconsistently reported, which may inhibit the external validity of studies related to chronic ankle instability. In addition, much of the research related to chronic ankle instability pertained to young-adults and aimed to identify various motor-behavioral impairments.</p>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143719903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New insights on mind-muscle connection: Motor imagery concomitant to actual resistance training enhances force performance.","authors":"Éric Piveteau, Aymeric Guillot, Franck Di Rienzo","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Motor imagery (MI) practice has shown substantial benefits on force, but this was mostly demonstrated on force produced by isometric contractions in laboratory settings. Here, we tested a new type of MI intervention to improve force and power in expert athletes.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>CrossFit® athletes (n = 100) of national level were randomly assigned to experimental groups who completed a 5-week back squat training program (3 resistance training sessions/week, ~1 h per week). A first group (n = 35) received instructions to perform kinesthetic MI of the concentric phase of the back squat concomitant to its physical execution (MI_CONCENTRIC). A second group (n = 35) performed kinesthetic MI of the eccentric phase concomitant to its physical execution (M_ECCENTRIC). A control group (n = 30) completed the same amount of physical training without engaging in MI (Control).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Performance was indexed from the 5 repetition maximum (5 RM) squat workload before and after the intervention. Weekly, we assessed squat power using an accelerometer.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>MI_CONCENTRIC and MI_ECCENTRIC groups outperformed Control regarding pretest vs. posttest improvements in both 5 RM force and power (R_P² = 0.60, both p < 0.001). The MI_ECCENTRIC group also outperformed the MI_CONCENTRIC group for the 5 RM workload (R_P² = 0.27, p < 0.001). However, subjective evaluations revealed that athletes in the MI_ECCENTRIC group experienced higher effort perception and difficulty to complete the experimental task.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MI practice concomitant to physical training was efficient to improve force on a dynamic multi-joint exercise in expert athletes.</p>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143988403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sport Concussion Assessment Tool—5th Edition (SCAT5) normative reference values for professional men's rugby league players","authors":"Andrew J. Gardner ,&nbsp;Julia E. Maietta ,&nbsp;Grant L. Iverson ,&nbsp;David R. Howell ,&nbsp;Paul Bloomfield ,&nbsp;Gordon W. Fuller ,&nbsp;Ben Jones ,&nbsp;David R. Lakisa ,&nbsp;Jioji Ravulo ,&nbsp;Shane Senituli ,&nbsp;Douglas P. Terry","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To provide normative reference values for the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool – 5^th Edition for elite-level male rugby league players.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>A descriptive cross-sectional study.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Baseline Sport Concussion Assessment Tool – 5^th Edition scores were obtained from 1005 National Rugby League players during the 2018 and 2019 preseasons. Normative values were calculated for the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Symptom Evaluation (i.e., severity and number), and the Modified Balance Error Scoring System for each group and in total. Players self-identified their cultural heritage or ethnicity to be ‘Pasifika (Pacific Islander) or Maori’ (<em>n</em> = 243; 24.2 %) or ‘Indigenous Australian’ (<em>n</em> = 82; 8.2 %). Those who identified as any other race, ethnicity, or cultural heritage were combined into a single group (<em>n</em> = 680; 67.7 %).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In total the median Standardized Assessment of Concussion score was 27 (interquartile range = 25–28), the median symptom severity was 0 (interquartile range = 0–2), the median symptom number was 0 (interquartile range = 0–1), and the median the Modified Balance Error Scoring System error score was 3 (interquartile range = 1–5). Reporting 4 of 22 symptoms and 6 of 132 on the total severity score was uncommon. There was no significant difference between the cultural heritage or ethnicity groups for Standardized Assessment of Concussion scores, symptom severity or number, or Modified Balance Error Scoring System errors (<em>p</em>-values &gt;<!--> <!-->0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This normative data will assist with the clinical interpretation of Sport Concussion Assessment Tool – 5^th Edition scores following a concussion in the National Rugby League.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":"28 7","pages":"Pages 535-541"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143674092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psycho-physical demands of Traditional Indigenous Games played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women","authors":"Tiana Thorne ,&nbsp;Anthony S. Leicht","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the psycho-physical demands experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during several Traditional Indigenous Games (TIGs). Women engaged in three TIGs (Kai Wed, Ilye, Edor) with psycho-physical demands (i.e. heart rate; movement distance and speed; rating of perceived exertion, RPE) recorded. Significant differences were noted between TIGs with Ilye inducing greater maximum and average heart rate (5–14 %), absolute and relative distances (146–282 %), speed (3–29 %) and lower RPE (48 %) compared to Kai wed and/or Edor. Results will guide future, culturally relevant interventions to improve physical activity levels and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":"28 7","pages":"Pages 577-580"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rehabilitation volume, psychological readiness, and motor function are important factors for a successful return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A 2-year follow-up cohort study","authors":"Daniel Niederer ,&nbsp;Matthias Keller ,&nbsp;Sarah Jakob ,&nbsp;Max Wießmeier ,&nbsp;Wolf Petersen ,&nbsp;Karl-Friedrich Schüttler ,&nbsp;Turgay Efe ,&nbsp;Natalie Mengis ,&nbsp;Andree Ellermann ,&nbsp;Daniel Guenther ,&nbsp;Georg Brandl ,&nbsp;Tobias Engeroff ,&nbsp;Björn Drews ,&nbsp;Andrea Achtnich ,&nbsp;Raymond Best ,&nbsp;Lucia Pinggera ,&nbsp;Christian Schoepp ,&nbsp;Matthias Krause ,&nbsp;David A. Groneberg ,&nbsp;Thomas Stein","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.02.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To find contributors to return to sport success or time until return to sport in individuals after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Cohort study.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Secondary analysis of the data of two intervention studies.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>We included adults &lt; 36 years of age with a tendon autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction who were active in any type of sport prior to the injury and aiming to return to sport. All participants were prospectively monitored for 24 months.</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>At the end of the individual post-surgery rehabilitation and re-injury prevention programmes, self-report- and objective functional outcomes were quantified.</div></div><div><h3>Main outcome measures</h3><div>The potential return to sport success (return to the same type of sports, frequency, intensity, and quality of performance as pre-injury), secondary injuries, and all rehabilitation and training measures were prospectively monitored. To determine the contributing factors, Cox regressions for traits and baseline factors and a logistic mixed model, which also included prospective time-dependent factors, were calculated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>203 participants were included; 104 (51 % of the total sample and 68 % of the full cases) successfully returned to their sporting activity. The median duration until return to sport was 302 days (interquartile range was 114 days). Contributing factors were the type of working (blue- vs. white collar: odds ratio for return to sport = 0.51 [95 % confidence interval = 0.29 to 0.90]) and the athletic status (elite vs. non-elite: odds ratio = 2.28 [1.03 to 5.03]). Prospectively, higher rehabilitation volumes until the end of the rehabilitation were predictive for return to sport success: the odds ratio per additional hour of rehabilitation was 1.004 [1.001 to 1.006]. Functional abilities such as the normalised knee separation distance during drop jump landing (odds ratio = 0.961 [0.924 to 0.999]) were predictive at a later stage, at the end of the re-injury prevention. Psychological readiness for return to sport was predictive at most of the timepoints: those who were confident to return to sport were more successful to return to sport at the end of the rehabilitation (odds ratio = 1.029 [1.004 to 1.056]) and at the end of the re-injury prevention (odds ratio = 1.038 [1.004 to 1.073]).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The most important factors for a successful pre-injury-level return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were the exercise volume, psychological readiness and functional hop/jump abilities. Whilst the impact of these modifiable factors was robust against multilevel modelling, the impact of athletic and working status vanishes when the prospective factors are included.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":"28 7","pages":"Pages 553-562"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143634109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sex differences in durability: A field-based study in professional cyclists.","authors":"Manuel Mateo-March, David Barranco-Gil, Peter Leo, Teun van Erp, Xabier Muriel, Alejandro Javaloyes, Jesús G Pallarés, Alejandro Lucia, Pedro L Valenzuela","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Durability is emerging as a key performance determinant in cycling, but scarce evidence exists on the durability of female cyclists, and particularly on whether there are sex differences. We therefore aimed to determine potential sex differences in durability.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Observational field-based study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Power output data from training and competitions were registered in female and male professional cyclists (n = 42 each) during 1-5 seasons. Participants' highest power output values achieved for different effort durations (10 s, 1 min, 5 min, and 20 min) (or 'record power profile') were determined under non-fatigued conditions (0 kJ/kg) and after varying levels of accumulated work (10, 20 and 30 kJ/kg).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant reduction in the record power profile compared with non-fatigued conditions was observed after > 10 kJ/kg in both female and male cyclists (p < 0.001), with no significant impairment observed below this level of accumulated work (p > 0.05 for all). A similar relative decay (% decline compared with the fresh condition) was observed between sexes for 10-s efforts (p > 0.05). However, a significantly higher relative decay was observed in female cyclists after 20 kJ/kg for 1-min, 5-min, and 20-min efforts (4 %, 4 % and 2 %, respectively; p < 0.05), with these differences enlarging after 30 kJ/kg (8 %, 6 % and 7 %; p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Professional female cyclists show a greater relative decay in the record power profile after a given accumulated work compared to male cyclists, which might reflect a lower durability.</p>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143729931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epidemiology of craniofacial and spinal injuries in French Rugby union: A report including medical, social, and professional consequences","authors":"Marc-Antoine Démaret ,&nbsp;Christopher Carling ,&nbsp;Fabien Pillard ,&nbsp;David Brauge","doi":"10.1016/j.jsams.2024.10.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsams.2024.10.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>First, to investigate the medico-socio-professional repercussions of non-fatal cranioencephalic and spinal injuries occurring across all levels of play in male and female Rugby Union in France. Second, to determine whether an association existed between the severity of injuries and the circumstances of their occurrence and/or the profiles of the injured players. Third, to gather new epidemiological data regarding the severity and long-term consequences of these injuries in the sport.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>National retrospective observational open cohort study conducted using medical expertise files on all injuries registered by the insurer affiliated to the French Rugby Federation.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analysed the medical reports of spinal, craniofacial or radicular trauma occurred from 26/08/2011 to 31/01/2018. Data relating to the severity and the circumstances of the injury, and its medical and socio-professional consequences (e.g., ability of players to continue playing rugby and/or professional/scholastic activity, receiving or not financial compensation) were extracted.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>199 cases were identified. The overall incidence rate of injuries was 10.57/100,000 person-years. The median PMI value after consolidation was 6 %. Five cases had a PMI value equivalent or higher than 50 %. 85 % of players were able to return to work/studies whilst 47 % returned to rugby overall. Injury severity did not differ between age groups, genders, performance levels, training/match-play or according to the game situation.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Although rare, craniofacial and spinal injuries in rugby can leave sequelae with substantial repercussions on personal, professional/scholastic and sporting life. Further research into their potential causes and targeted prevention strategies is warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of science and medicine in sport","volume":"28 3","pages":"Pages 228-234"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}