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Health monitoring & Injuries surveillance

2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern

Descriptive Epidemiology of Non-Time-Loss Injuries in Collegiate and High School Student-Athletes

Development and validation of a new method for the registration of overuse injuries in sports injury epidemiology: the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire

Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations

Injuries impair the chance of successful performance by sportspeople: a systematic review

Matching the choice of injury/illness definition to study setting, purpose and design: One size does not fit all!

Measuring sports injuries on the pitch: a guide to use in practice

Prospective monitoring of health problems among recreational runners preparing for a half marathon

The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses

The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center questionnaire on health problems: a new approach to prospective monitoring of illness and injury in elite athletes

Nutrition & Hydration

Periodized Nutrition for Athletes

Practical Issues in Evidence-Based Use of Performance Supplements: Supplement Interactions, Repeated Use and Individual Responses

Other

In the Age of Technology, Occam’s Razor Still Applies

Sports Policy Factors Leading to International Sporting Success – An International Comparative Study

scientific studies

Carrard J, Kloucek P, Gojanovic B. Modelling Training Adaptation in Swimming Using Artificial Neural Network Geometric Optimisation. Sports (Basel). 2020 Jan 16;8(1):8.

Clarsen B, Steffen K, Berge HM, Bendiksen F, Fossan B, Fredriksen H, Gjelsvik H, Haugvad L, Kjelsberg M, Ronsen O, Torgalsen T, Walløe A, Bahr R. Methods, challenges and benefits of a health monitoring programme for Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic athletes: the road from London 2012 to Tokyo 2020. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Dec;55(23):1342-1349.

Clinical application of interactive monitoring of indicators of health in professional dancers Nicola Keay, Martin Lanfear, Gavin Francis medRxiv 2021.09.25.21263895; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.25.21263895

Dalen-Lorentsen T, Bjørneboe J, Clarsen B, Vagle M, Fagerland MW, Andersen TE. Does load management using the acute:chronic workload ratio prevent health problems? A cluster randomised trial of 482 elite youth footballers of both sexes. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;55(2):108-114.

Dalen-Lorentsen T, Ranvik A, Bjørneboe J, Clarsen B, Andersen TE. Facilitators and barriers for implementation of a load management intervention in football. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2021 Jun 22;7(2)

Eva Johanna Kubosch, Verena Meidl, Berit Bretthauer, Aglaja Busch, Rainer Leonhart, Petra Dallmann, Nina Wrobel, Anja Hirschmüller: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on German Paralympic Athletes, Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Volume 37, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 235-241.

Gram MCD, Clarsen B, Bø KInjuries and illnesses among competitive Norwegian rhythmic gymnasts during preseason: a prospective cohort study of prevalence, incidence and risk factors British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:231-236.

Hollander, Karsten & Kastner, Tom & Moritz, Weith & Disch, Alexander & Florian, Porzig & Wolfarth, Bernd & Edouard, Pascal & Junge, Astrid. (2021). 223 Injury and illness epidemiology during the 53rd FIS nordic world ski championships 2021 in oberstdorf: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55. A87.2-A87.

Moen, Christian & Andersen, Thor & Clarsen, Benjamin & Madsen-Kaarød, Gitte & Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein. (2022). Prevalence and burden of health problems in top-level football referees. Science and Medicine in Football. 1-8. 10.1080/24733938.2022.2055782.

Murray A, Junge A, Robinson PG, Bizzini M, Bossert A, Clarsen B, Coughlan D, Cunningham C, Drobny T, Gazzano F, Gill L, Hawkes R, Hospel T, Neal R, Lavelle J, Scanlon A, Schamash P, Thomas B, Voight M, Wotherspoon M, Dvorak J. International consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injuries and illnesses in golf. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Oct;54(19):1136-1141.

Nordstrøm A, Bahr R, Bache-Mathiesen LK, Clarsen B, Talsnes O. Association of Training and Game Loads to Injury Risk in Junior Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022;10(10)

Rees H, McCarthy Persson U, Delahunt E, Boreham C, Blake C. Epidemiology of injuries in senior men’s field hockey: A two-season prospective observational injury surveillance study. J Sports Sci. 2020 Dec;38(24):2842-2849.

Rees H, McCarthy Persson U, Delahunt E, Boreham C, Blake C. Winter breaks: How do they affect injuries in field hockey? J Sci Med Sport. 2022 Nov;25(11):911-917.

Rees, H, McCarthy Persson, U, Delahunt, E, Boreham, C, Blake, C. The burden of injury in field hockey: A secondary analysis of prospective cohort data. Scand J Med Sci Sport. 2021; 31: 884– 893.

Steffen K, Clarsen B, Gjelsvik H, Haugvad L, Koivisto-Mørk A, Bahr R, Berge HM. Illness and injury among Norwegian Para athletes over five consecutive Paralympic Summer and Winter Games cycles: prevailing high illness burden on the road from 2012 to 2020. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Feb;56(4):204-212.

Tsolakis C, Cherouveim ED, Viliotis A, Simeonidis T, Skouras A, Koulouvaris P. Effect of a home-based exercise training program on anthropometric characteristics and exercise performance during Covid-19 quarantine in young high-level kayak athletes. Sport Sci Health. 2022 Sep 7:1-9.

2020

Carrard J, Kloucek P, Gojanovic B. Modelling Training Adaptation in Swimming Using Artificial Neural Network Geometric Optimisation. Sports (Basel). 2020 Jan 16;8(1):8.

Murray A, Junge A, Robinson PG, Bizzini M, Bossert A, Clarsen B, Coughlan D, Cunningham C, Drobny T, Gazzano F, Gill L, Hawkes R, Hospel T, Neal R, Lavelle J, Scanlon A, Schamash P, Thomas B, Voight M, Wotherspoon M, Dvorak J. International consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injuries and illnesses in golf. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Oct;54(19):1136-1141.

Rees H, McCarthy Persson U, Delahunt E, Boreham C, Blake C. Epidemiology of injuries in senior men’s field hockey: A two-season prospective observational injury surveillance study. J Sports Sci. 2020 Dec;38(24):2842-2849.

Rees, H, McCarthy Persson, U, Delahunt, E, Boreham, C, Blake, C. The burden of injury in field hockey: A secondary analysis of prospective cohort data. Scand J Med Sci Sport. 2021; 31: 884– 893.

Steffen K, Clarsen B, Gjelsvik H, Haugvad L, Koivisto-Mørk A, Bahr R, Berge HM. Illness and injury among Norwegian Para athletes over five consecutive Paralympic Summer and Winter Games cycles: prevailing high illness burden on the road from 2012 to 2020. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Feb;56(4):204-212.

2021

Clarsen B, Steffen K, Berge HM, Bendiksen F, Fossan B, Fredriksen H, Gjelsvik H, Haugvad L, Kjelsberg M, Ronsen O, Torgalsen T, Walløe A, Bahr R. Methods, challenges and benefits of a health monitoring programme for Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic athletes: the road from London 2012 to Tokyo 2020. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Dec;55(23):1342-1349.

Clinical application of interactive monitoring of indicators of health in professional dancers Nicola Keay, Martin Lanfear, Gavin Francis medRxiv 2021.09.25.21263895; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.25.21263895

Dalen-Lorentsen T, Bjørneboe J, Clarsen B, Vagle M, Fagerland MW, Andersen TE. Does load management using the acute:chronic workload ratio prevent health problems? A cluster randomised trial of 482 elite youth footballers of both sexes. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;55(2):108-114.

Gram MCD, Clarsen B, Bø KInjuries and illnesses among competitive Norwegian rhythmic gymnasts during preseason: a prospective cohort study of prevalence, incidence and risk factors British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:231-236.

Hollander, Karsten & Kastner, Tom & Moritz, Weith & Disch, Alexander & Florian, Porzig & Wolfarth, Bernd & Edouard, Pascal & Junge, Astrid. (2021). 223 Injury and illness epidemiology during the 53rd FIS nordic world ski championships 2021 in oberstdorf: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55. A87.2-A87.

2022

Dalen-Lorentsen T, Ranvik A, Bjørneboe J, Clarsen B, Andersen TE. Facilitators and barriers for implementation of a load management intervention in football. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2021 Jun 22;7(2)

Eva Johanna Kubosch, Verena Meidl, Berit Bretthauer, Aglaja Busch, Rainer Leonhart, Petra Dallmann, Nina Wrobel, Anja Hirschmüller: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on German Paralympic Athletes, Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Volume 37, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 235-241.

Moen, Christian & Andersen, Thor & Clarsen, Benjamin & Madsen-Kaarød, Gitte & Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein. (2022). Prevalence and burden of health problems in top-level football referees. Science and Medicine in Football. 1-8. 10.1080/24733938.2022.2055782.

Nordstrøm A, Bahr R, Bache-Mathiesen LK, Clarsen B, Talsnes O. Association of Training and Game Loads to Injury Risk in Junior Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022;10(10)

Rees H, McCarthy Persson U, Delahunt E, Boreham C, Blake C. Winter breaks: How do they affect injuries in field hockey? J Sci Med Sport. 2022 Nov;25(11):911-917.

Tsolakis C, Cherouveim ED, Viliotis A, Simeonidis T, Skouras A, Koulouvaris P. Effect of a home-based exercise training program on anthropometric characteristics and exercise performance during Covid-19 quarantine in young high-level kayak athletes. Sport Sci Health. 2022 Sep 7:1-9.

Testing & Screening Tools

Fitness testing of tennis players: How valuable is it?

Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations

Magnitudes matter more than Beetroot Juice – Calculating the Smallest Worthwile Change

RPE and Velocity Relationships for the Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift in Powerlifters

The Development and Validation of a Functional Assessment Tool for the Upper Extremity in the Overhead Athlete

Why screening tests to predict injury do not work – and probably never will : a critical review

Wellness & Fatigue Monitoring

Is heart rate a convenient tool to monitor over-reaching? A systematic review of the literature

Mental Fatigue Impairs Soccer-Specific Physical and Technical Performance

Monitoring Athletes Through Self-Report: Factors Influencing Implementation

Monitoring the athlete training response: subjective self-reported measures trump commonly used objective measures: a systematic review

Pre-training perceived wellness impacts training output in Australian football players

Workload Management

A New Approach to Monitoring Exercise Training

Accumulated workloads and the acute:chronic workload ratio relate to injury risk in elite youth football players

Calculating acute:chronic workload ratios using exponentially weighted moving averages provides a more sensitive indicator of injury likelihood than rolling averages

How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury

How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness

Monitoring fitness, fatigue and running performance during a pre-season training camp in elite football players

Monitoring player fitness, fatigue status and running performance during an in-season training camp in elite Gaelic football

RPE and Velocity Relationships for the Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift in Powerlifters

Subjective well-being and training load predict in-season injury and illness risk

The training-injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder?

The validity of retrospective session-rating of perceived exertion to quantify training load in youth athletes.

Training Load and Fatigue Marker Associations with Injury and Illness: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

Training Monitoring for Resistance Exercise: Theory and Applications

Wellbeing perception and the impact on external training output among elite soccer players.

Workload profiles prior to injury in professional soccer players

Youth Athletes

Caring for the young athlete: past, present and future

Drop-out Rate and Drop-out Reasons Among Promising Norwegian Track and Field Athletes A 25 Year Study

Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes

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