Whitehead, S., Chantler, S., Mackay, L., Jones, B., Heyward, O., Costello, N., Janse Van Rensburg, D. C., Alexander, M., Parmley, J., & Barlow, M. (2025). South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 37(1). Background: Body composition and bone health are important for netball from a performance and health perspective (e.g., bone stress injury), given the typical characteristics of players and demands of the …
Wilson, P. B., Pyne, D. B. & Rotunno, A. Int. J. Sport Nutr. Exerc. Metab. 1–17 (2025). Elite/professional cyclists often experience injuries and illnesses that lead to loss of training time/quality and reduced performance. Consequently, mitigating these problems is a high priority for multiple stakeholders, including athletes, coaches, sports medicine and allied health practitioners, and race organizers. This Union Cycliste …
Leung, C. K., Yu, A. P., Bernal, J. D., Recchia, F., Fong, D. Y., Wong, S. H., Chan, D. K., Capio, C. M., Yu, C. C., Wong, S. W., Sit, C. H., Cheng, C. P., Chen, Y.-J., Thompson, W. R. & Siu, P. M. Br. J. Sports Med. bjsports-2025-110371 (2025). Importance: Aerobic exercise is an evidence-based treatment for depression. However, …
Singh, B., Bennett, H., Miatke, A., Dumuid, D., Curtis, R., Ferguson, T., Brinsley, J., Szeto, K., Petersen, J. M., Gough, C., Eglitis, E., Simpson, C. E., Ekegren, C. L., Smith, A. E., Erickson, K. I. & Maher, C. Br. J. Sports Med. 59, 866–876 (2025). To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on …
Perna, P., Kerin, F., MacDonald, B., Jokela, A., Lempainen, L. & Beato, M. . Int. J. Sports Physiol. Perform. 1–5 (2025). Purpose: A hamstring injury rehabilitation and return-to-play (RTP) individualized approach based on the anatomical structure involved, the location of the injury, and the mechanism of injury is still missing in most studies. RTP criteria should be chosen following the …
Zwack, C. C., Haghani, M. & Benson, A. C. Sports Med. – Open 11, 118 (2025). Background Sports and exercise medicine is important in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of a variety of musculoskeletal presentations and injuries as well as aiding athletes’ recovery and enhancing public health by promoting physical activity for all. It has evolved from a subspecialty into …
Ganda, J. P., Pillay, L., Plaatjies, C., Ganda, B., Mohammed, U., & Haughey, J. (2025). South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 37(1). Sports dentistry is an emerging area within Sports Medicine that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis and management of oral pathologies in the athletic population. It is not yet a formally recognised subspecialty; however, it is seeking to gain wider …
Hooren, B. V. Scand. J. Med. Sci. Sports 35, e70146 (2025). Sports injuries have traditionally been classified as acute or overuse based on their onset and associated circumstances. Hamstring strain injuries and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are two common sports injuries that are typically implicitly considered to represent acute injuries. This brief review, however, argues that hamstring and ACL …
Van Loggerenberg , C., Ramagole, D., Jansen van Rensburg, A., Janse van Rensburg, D. C., & Boer, P. (2025). South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 37(1). Background: Approximately 23 million sports-related injuries occur annually among African adolescents, with limited epidemiological data on sports-related illnesses across the continent. Objectives: This study highlights the prevalence, nature, and severity of sports injuries and illnesses in adolescent …
Harrison, S. E., Edwards, J. P., Roberts, R. & Walsh, N. P. Eur. J. Sport Sci. 25, e70058 (2025). We prospectively examined whether psychological factors influence (a) respiratory tract infection (RTI) risk and (b) the mucosal immune response to exercise. In Study 1, n = 406 adults (67% male) recorded RTI symptoms for two weeks before and after a marathon. …