JSAMS plusPub Date : 2024-01-13DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2024.100053
Tracey J. Dickson, Irv Scher, Jeremy Witchalls
{"title":"Snowsport trauma and safety: A systems approach for research on the assessment and prevention of snowsports injuries","authors":"Tracey J. Dickson, Irv Scher, Jeremy Witchalls","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2024.100053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2024.100053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100053"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696724000012/pdfft?md5=a6d4993e23b32aa5987fa4945b76aae0&pid=1-s2.0-S2772696724000012-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139435858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2024-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100052
Madeleine G. Spicer, Alicia T. Dennis
{"title":"The six minute walk test in healthy young women","authors":"Madeleine G. Spicer, Alicia T. Dennis","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) assesses functional capacity. We determined the reference range distance walked, heart rate change, and breathlessness in healthy women.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Prospective observational study.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>100 nulliparous women aged 18–40 performed two 6MWTs, with the second performed after heart rate returned to baseline. Borg scales compared expected and true breathlessness.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Reference range was 472–758 m, with distance mean (SD) of 615 (73.0) metres. Heart rate increase during exercise was 11 (11.8) beats per minute, recovering to baseline in 4.5 (3.9) minutes. 63 % of women overestimated breathlessness.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These data represent reference values for functional evaluation of healthy young women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100052"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696723000339/pdfft?md5=0be56eb44b73facd027ad4aa71f6d7b1&pid=1-s2.0-S2772696723000339-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139406100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100050
Amy Williams , Nicholas Peirce , Steve Griffin , Ben Langley , Carly McKay , Keith A. Stokes , Sean Williams
{"title":"Annual incidence and prevalence of injuries in elite male academy cricketers: A 4-year prospective cohort study","authors":"Amy Williams , Nicholas Peirce , Steve Griffin , Ben Langley , Carly McKay , Keith A. Stokes , Sean Williams","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of injuries; time-loss and non-time loss, in elite male academy cricket.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Prospective cohort analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Annual injury incidence and prevalence from all cricket related injuries were calculated for 348 male academy players (under-13 to under-18) from the 18 First-Class County Cricket clubs in England and Wales across four years (2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21 and 2021/22), in accordance with the updated consensus statement for injury surveillance methods in cricket.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The average annual injury incidence was 115.0 injuries/100 players/year, with similar rates between time-loss (59.7 injuries/100 players/year) and non-time loss injury incidence (55.3 injuries/100 players/year). On average, 8.5 % of players were unavailable on any given day of the year due to injury. Match injury incidence (48.8 injuries/100 players/year) was higher than cricket-based training (25.2 injuries/100 players/year), gym-based training, illness, and ‘other’ injury incidences. Match bowling was the activity associated with the highest total (17.7 injuries/100 players/year), time-loss (10.3 injuries/100 players/year) and non-time loss (7.4 injuries/100 players/year) injury incidence. The lumbar spine was the body location most frequently injured (15.3 injuries/100 players/year) and was the most prevalent body location injured (2.9 % of players).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The findings from this study provide, robust evidence of the extent of the injury problem in elite male academy cricketers. Bowling poses the greatest risk to players and the lumbar spine is the most common and prevalent injury location.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100050"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696723000315/pdfft?md5=2b98f092d5dcaf0d10d8a6b332506a05&pid=1-s2.0-S2772696723000315-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139107223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100051
Ethan Pereira , Kerry Peek , Chad McLean , Andrew P. Lavender , Fadi Ma'ay , Paul Davey , Susan Morris , Julia Georgieva
{"title":"The effect of ball pressure and maximal isometric neck strength on head acceleration during purposeful heading in adult football players during heading drills","authors":"Ethan Pereira , Kerry Peek , Chad McLean , Andrew P. Lavender , Fadi Ma'ay , Paul Davey , Susan Morris , Julia Georgieva","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This randomised repeated measures study explored the effect of ball pressure and maximal isometric neck strength on head acceleration during purposeful heading in adult football players during heading drills within a laboratory environment.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Recreational football players (n = 17) attended one familiarisation session to determine baseline maximal isometric neck strength, followed by two experimental sessions where they randomly trialled two conditions (>72-h apart). The first condition included 20 rotational headers with a match-ball at low-pressure (58.6 kPa; 8.5 psi) and the second included 20 rotational headers with a match-ball at high-pressure (103.4 kPa; 15.0 psi) whilst instrumented with an inertial measurement unit.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A statistically significant difference between conditions for both peak linear head acceleration (F = 15.2; p= < 0.001) and peak angular head velocity (F = 5.71; p = 0.018) during purposeful heading. The low-pressure ball condition demonstrated a 12 % reduction in peak linear acceleration and 6 % reduction in peak angular velocity when compared with high-pressure ball condition. Additionally, neck strength significantly predicted head acceleration during purposeful heading (p = <0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>These findings suggest that lower ball pressure and higher neck strength can lower head acceleration during heading in adult football players during heading drills within a laboratory environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100051"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696723000327/pdfft?md5=ff3e2f760979484f97413339dd70a0a4&pid=1-s2.0-S2772696723000327-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138678467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100030
Elisabeth Happ , Ursula Scholl-Grissemann , Martin Schnitzer
{"title":"Ski touring: Analyzing risk-taking behavior and risk avoidance associated with an emerging outdoor activity in the Alps","authors":"Elisabeth Happ , Ursula Scholl-Grissemann , Martin Schnitzer","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"2 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49876122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100020
Stephen Barrett , Kane Rodda , Owen Howlett , Alistair Mumford , Donna Borkowski , Josh Naunton , Stephen Begg , Breanne Kunstler , Marcos De Noronha , Michael Kingsley
{"title":"The promotion of non-treatment physical activity in physiotherapy and exercise physiology practice in an Australian regional hospital: A mixed-methods study","authors":"Stephen Barrett , Kane Rodda , Owen Howlett , Alistair Mumford , Donna Borkowski , Josh Naunton , Stephen Begg , Breanne Kunstler , Marcos De Noronha , Michael Kingsley","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"2 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49876129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100029
Isaac Roman, Marnee McKay, Kerry Peek
{"title":"Head impact events in youth football in India and Australia, compared to FIFA Men's World Cup matches","authors":"Isaac Roman, Marnee McKay, Kerry Peek","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"2 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100041
Fernanda Serighelli, Diogo A. Gomes, Marcella F. Pazzinatto, Danilo De Oliveira Silva
{"title":"“My knee is cracking” – What information is available on the internet about it? A systematic appraisal of the credibility, readability and accuracy of online information about knee crepitus","authors":"Fernanda Serighelli, Diogo A. Gomes, Marcella F. Pazzinatto, Danilo De Oliveira Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To summarise and systematically appraise the credibility, readability, and accuracy of the online information about knee crepitus.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Systematic appraisal of online information.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>The top 20 URLs of two search engines (Google and Bing) for the following terms were screened for eligibility ‘knee crepitus’, ‘knee sound’, and ‘knee crackling’ (N = 120 websites). Two reviewers assessed the websites for credibility (JAMA benchmark) and readability (Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level tests). For accuracy, we performed a qualitative analysis creating thematic units based on the website's content and explored whether they were supported by evidence.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Fifty-one websites were included. There was a large variation in the overall credibility of websites, with more than half of the websites lacking credible information. The median Flesch reading ease was 62 (range = 42–88) and Flesch–Kincaid grade level was 8 (range = 3–12). Six key thematic units emerged from our qualitative analysis all with sub-themes within them. The main topics covered by websites were: (i) What is knee crepitus? (ii) Is knee crepitus a problem? (iii) What is the cause of knee crepitus? (iv) How to manage knee crepitus? (v) What are the health consequences of having knee crepitus? (vi) Who should I seek if I have knee crepitus?</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Patients and clinicians should take caution when seeking web-based information about knee crepitus. Websites about knee crepitus lack credibility, present a large variation in readability outcomes, and there was no research evidence available to support most of their information.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100041"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772696723000224/pdfft?md5=729214460e3b97eb6b2d02a033a5662c&pid=1-s2.0-S2772696723000224-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91986945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JSAMS plusPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100044
Mikael Swarén , Joel Simrén , Hanna Huber , Henrik Zetterberg
{"title":"Combining impact monitoring mouthguards and blood biomarkers to monitor head impacts among Muay Thai athletes – A case study","authors":"Mikael Swarén , Joel Simrén , Hanna Huber , Henrik Zetterberg","doi":"10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To investigate the relationship between head impact characteristics and the levels of blood biomarkers associated with brain injury, neurofilament light (NfL) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Four elite amateur Muay Thai athletes were equipped with impact monitoring mouthguards, collecting linear and rotational acceleration data during a period of eight weeks. Capillary blood samples were collected after each period of sparring sessions to analyse the levels of NfL and GFAP.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>On a group level, mean GFAP levels were negatively correlated to mean impacts per session (p < 0.05). Two athletes had significant correlations between head impact characteristics and the levels of NfL and/or GFAP.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The results indicate that NfL and GFAP might responded differently to linear and rotational accelerations and/or that the effect of different types of accelerations on brain tissue integrity is individual. The methods used could be useful to monitor brain health in different impacts sports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74029,"journal":{"name":"JSAMS plus","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100044"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277269672300025X/pdfft?md5=6244d11bd831ed4c717497987f490cf5&pid=1-s2.0-S277269672300025X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92046589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}