Table of contents

Original research

• Sanctioned illegal high tackles significantly increase concussion risk to both tacklers and ball carriers in elite men’s Rugby Union (28 June, 2024)

  Ross Tucker, Ben Hester, Sharief Hendricks, James Brown, Éanna C Falvey
• Descriptive epidemiology study of hand injuries sustained in Gaelic football referred to a hand therapy service over 1 year (28 June, 2024)

  Daniel Harte, Daniel Deehan, Lucia Ramsey, Paul Slater, Lynn Wilson, Suzanne Martin
• Obesity is associated with muscle atrophy in rotator cuff tear (28 June, 2024)

  Simone D Herzberg, Zhiguo Zhao, Thomas H Freeman, Ravi Prakash, John E Kuhn, Michael S Khazzam, Elizabeth G Matzkin, Keith M Baumgarten, Julie Y Bishop, Robert H Brophy, James L Carey, Warren R Dunn, Grant L Jones, C Benjamin Ma, Robert G Marx, Eric C McCarty, Sourav K Poddar, Matthew V Smith, Edwin E Spencer, Armando F Vidal, Brian R Wolf, Rick W Wright, Nitin B Jain, Ayush Giri
• Association between profiles of accelerometer-measured daily movement behaviour and mortality risk: a prospective cohort study of British older adults (27 June, 2024)

  Manasa Shanta Yerramalla, Mathilde Chen, Aline Dugravot, Vincent T van Hees, Severine Sabia
• Players are positive regarding injury prevention exercise programmes, but coaches need ongoing support: a survey-based evaluation using the Health Action Process Approach model across one season in amateur and youth football (24 June, 2024)

  Hanna Lindblom, Ida Åkerlund, Markus Waldén, Sofi Sonesson, Martin Hägglund
• Psychological readiness for injury recovery: evaluating psychometric properties of the IPRRS and assessing group differences in injured physically active individuals (17 June, 2024)

  Alexandra Dluzniewski, Madeline P Casanova, Sarah Ullrich-French, Christopher J Brush, Lindsay W Larkins, Russell T Baker
• Severely reduced physical performance is already present at the time of admission for stem cell transplantation (13 June, 2024)

  Ronja Beller, Gabriele Gauß, Oliver Basu, Stefan Schönberger, Michaela Höfs, Dirk Reinhardt, Miriam Götte
• Exploring the effect of the menstrual cycle or oral contraception on elite athletes’ training responses when workload is not objectively quantifiable: the MILS approach and findings from female Olympians (12 June, 2024)

  Quentin De Larochelambert, Imad Hamri, Tom Chassard, Alice Meignié, Florent Storme, Marine Dupuit, Allison Diry, Jean-François Toussaint, Pierre Yves Louis, Nicolas Coulmy, Juliana da Silva Antero
• Process mining to investigate the relationship between clinical antecedents and injury risk, severity and return to play in professional sports (2 June, 2024)

  Ramon Pi-Rusiñol, Evert Verhagen, Miriam Blanc, Gil Rodas Font
• Abnormal uterine bleeding and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in high-performance Peruvian athletes (29 May, 2024)

  Ivanna Querevalú-Pancorbo, Luis F Rojas-Cama, Fernando Soncco-Llulluy, Jair Li, Jaime Rosales-Rimache
• Cost-effectiveness of incentives for physical activity in coronary heart disease in Germany: pre-trial health economic model of a complex intervention following the new MRC framework (27 May, 2024)

  Damon Mohebbi, Katherine Ogurtsova, Jan Dyczmons, Markos Dintsios, Nadja Kairies-Schwarz, Christian Jung, Andrea Icks
• Laryngeal response to high-intensity exercise in healthy athletes (20 May, 2024)

  Petter Helø Carlsen, Praveen Muralitharan, Hilde Fenne, Ida Jansrud Hammer, Mette Engan, Maria Vollsæter, Lars Peder Bovim, Ola Drange Røksund, Thomas Halvorsen, Hege Havstad Clemm
• Atrial remodelling associated with sporting discipline, sex and duration in elite sports: a cross-sectional echocardiographic study among Danish elite athletes (15 May, 2024)

  Mikkel Aaroee, Susanne Glasius Tischer, Robin Christensen, Christian Have Dall, Jens Jakob Thune, Hanne Rasmusen
• Unmasking mental health symptoms in female professional football players: a 12-month follow-up study (10 May, 2024)

  Sharaisha Chanita Bilgoe, Dina Christina (Christa) Janse van Rensburg, Edwin Goedhart, Emmanuel Orhant, Gino Kerkhoffs, Vincent Gouttebarge
• Comparing the healthy development of youth Australian Rules Footballers across talent development and community settings (7 May, 2024)

  Liam G Graeme, Kate Hall, Lisa S Olive, Christopher J Greenwood, Nicky Couston, Sophie Mattingley, Lauren M Francis, Erin Hoare, Simon Rice, Jason Bos, Emma Harris, George J Youssef
• Shared decision-making with athletes: a survey study of healthcare professionals’ perspectives (30 April, 2024)

  Sofie Nelis, Hendrik Paul Dijkstra, Olga Catherina Damman, Abdulaziz Farooq, Evert Verhagen
• Lower HAGOS subscale scores associated with a longer duration of groin problems in football players in the subsequent season (27 April, 2024)

  Joar Harøy, Lena Kristin Bache-Mathiesen, Thor Einar Andersen
• What impact have the IOC medical consensus statements made on athlete health? A survey of medical commissions from National Olympic/Paralympic Committees and International Sports Federations (24 April, 2024)

  Lauren Victoria Fortington, Marelise Badenhorst, Wayne Derman, Carolyn Emery, Kati Pasanen, Martin Schwellnus, Evert Verhagen, Caroline F Finch
• Selected morphological, cardiovascular and neuromuscular risk profiles among asymptomatic sedentary men performing Islamic prayer (18 April, 2024)

  Abdul Hamid Jalal, Habib Noorbhai
• Incidence of staff injury and illness at the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games (17 April, 2024)

  Emily G Larson, Ike Hasley, Eric G Post, Malia G Cali, Stephanie C Clark, April L McPherson, Kayle E Noble-Taylor, David M Robinson, Travis Anderson, Jonathan Finnoff, William M Adams
• Immediate effect of physical activity on the autonomic nervous system in individuals with autism spectrum disorders of different age groups: a randomised trial (11 April, 2024)

  Mohamed M Ahmed, Motaz Alawna, Ahmed S A Youssef, Wafaa Mahmoud Amin, Ramzi Abdu Alajam, Walaa E Morsy, Esraa Fayed, Ayman A Mohamed
• Recruitment and baseline characteristics of young adults at risk of early-onset knee osteoarthritis after ACL reconstruction in the SUPER-Knee trial (4 April, 2024)

  Adam G Culvenor, Thomas J West, Andrea M Bruder, Mark J Scholes, Christian J Barton, Ewa M Roos, Edwin H G Oei, Steven M McPhail, Richard B Souza, Jusuk Lee, Brooke E Patterson, Michael A Girdwood, Jamon L Couch, Kay M Crossley