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Injuries and illnesses cost #AFL clubs more than just missed matches. This study quantifies the #salaryimpact of #match-loss injuries at a professional AFL club, offering a model to inform #preventionstrategies and resource planning across elite sport.
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Cricket Sports Medicine Cricket Sports Medicine is a guide for healthcare professionals on areas including injury prevention, rehabilitation to optimise cricketers of all levels.

Our new book recently published covering injuries, lumbar stress fractures and all other Sports Science Sports Medicine in our great sport of Cricket link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Chronic adductor-related #groinpain is common in athletes and often resists standard treatment. This study explores the short-term impact of #botulinumtoxin A injections into the #adductorlongus, showing potential to reduce pain and improve function.
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Are #exercisetrials in #cerebralpalsy truly representative? This review found major gaps in participant diversity and sample #homogeneity, raising concerns about the validity and generalisability of the evidence.

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Young #FirstNationsAustralians in the #NT face #SCD rates up to 15 times the national average. A new study urges culturally safe, community-led #screening from age 18, with support from mobile services, role models, and sport-based outreach.
🔗 Read: zurl.co/qqXVb

Call for Papers 📢
VSI: Concussion prevention and surveillance

Special issue seeking original research and reviews on reducing #concussion and #headimpacts through surveillance, rule changes, equipment, and training.

Deadline: 1 Dec 2025.
👉 Learn more: zurl.co/H4MDj

#Childhoodcancer survivors face #chronichealth risks & #lowactivity. #Exercise helps reduce long-term effects, but support is limited. The #MERRIERstudy offers tailored, remote programs to help survivors stay active and overcome access barriers.
👉 Read: zurl.co/SxP8t

#AllAbilitiesTouchFootball promotes #inclusion for diverse players but needs a classification framework for #faircompetition. This study provides the first player performance analysis to guide its development.

👀 Read via 'Volume 5' link in bio.

This #protocol aims to develop and evaluate #MakingMoves, a co-designed online #physicalactivity program that improves access and supports physical activity for #childhoodcancer #survivors aged 8-21, regardless of their location.

🔗 Read here: zurl.co/Qv9Xn

This paper compares #post-operative outcomes in #youngadults undergoing #ACL reconstruction (#ACLR) across #private and #public #healthcare settings, aiming to understand how healthcare service type influences #recovery and quality of life.

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#Injurysurveillance guides resource use and wellbeing strategies. This study predicts injury presence and duration in #circusstudents by combining #demographic, #physical, #physiological, and #psychological factors, filling gaps in prior research.
👀 Read: zurl.co/Xw4ss

#Sport is seen as a tool for disability #inclusion, but the concept remains inconsistently defined. This scoping #review explores how inclusion is understood in #disabilitysport research, focusing on #goalball and #wheelchairbasketball.
🔗 Read: zurl.co/pS551

With total hip arthroplasty (#THA) rates set to double, this systematic review explored whether #PreoperativeEducation or #exercise improves patient satisfaction – a key outcome in value-based #care and patient-centered approaches to #JointReplacement.
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New OSIICS version 15 published

Open access:
t.co/IUPGyGgfFn

Includes new diagnoses in sports cardiology, sports dermatology, sports concussion and more...

Comparison of cancer and all-cause death rates of Australian rock and pop musicians, footballers, cricketers and the general population Multiple international studies, including some from Australia, have found that professional and elite athletes have lower death rates/greater life exp…

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Australian athletes outlive the general population but rock/pop musicians don’t

Despite their benefits, community gym use is low among young adults with disability due to cost barriers and added support needs. This study explored access options, user needs and pricing decisions across disability, recreation and government sectors.
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#RugbyLeague involves frequent #collisions, with #concussion well-studied in the #NRL but rarely in #sub-elite levels. This study examined #QLDCup concussion incidence, #gameplay characteristics, video signs, and #return-to-play timelines.

🔗 Read here: zurl.co/IH8iE

Sudden #cardiac death is more common and earlier in #FirstNations Australians, with #CHD deaths over twice those of non-First Nations. This study reviewed #NT cases under 40 and proposed #screening strategies.

👉 Paper: zurl.co/ljkrF
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This study explored the feasibility of a classification framework for #disability sport. A tailored system could better support players with varying #impairments, expand participation, and improve #fairness in #AllAbilitiesTouchFootball.

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Junior #Australian #football is growing rapidly, but injury risks remain high. This study aimed to describe injury characteristics, game circumstances, and immediate management of #injuries in junior community players to inform #prevention strategies.

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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (#REDs) results from chronic or acute low energy availability (#LEA), caused by an imbalance between intake and expenditure. This study synthesised literature on intervention efficacy in athletes with REDs.

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#HipAndGroinPain is common in active individuals and can become longstanding (LHGP), lasting >3 months. This study assessed #psychological distress in #LHGP patients, compared it with controls, and explored links to symptom duration, pain and symptoms.
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Children with #disabilities are less #active despite the health benefits of sport. This study by Clutterbuck et al. explores parents’ views on long-term participation after the #SportsStars program for #ambulant children with #cerebral #palsy.
🔗 Read: zurl.co/T4jTV

This paper by Ziegler et al. presents a comprehensive analysis of #orthopaedic-#traumatological #injuries in German national Short-Track Speed Skating (#STSS) athletes with comparisons to previous studies.
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#jsamsplus #speedskating #iceskating

Sudden cardiac death in young First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory, Australia: Potential implications for pre-participation screening To present data from coronial records on sudden cardiac death (SCD) cases seen in young, First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory of Austra…

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Editorial: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Alarming Indigenous SCD rate demands early screening The alarming prevalence of sudden cardiac death among Indigenous Australians aged under 40 in the Northern Territory is prompting calls for targeted screening to tackle the issue.  A review of coronia...

Alarming Indigenous SCD rate demands early screening: thelimbic.com/cardiology/a...

Important research, congratulations to the authors: Sonali Pande, Viran De Silva, Elizabeth Paratz,
Marianne Tiemensma, Nadarajah Kangaharan

Review 📃
This paper identifies #musculoskeletal conditions with a #rock-paper-scissors pattern and explores possible explanations, helping #clinicians and #patients decide when to use or avoid #corticosteroid or #PRP #injections.

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Editorial 🌟

JSAMS Plus joins journals worldwide in supporting open, honest research. Science should be free to explore, discover and inform, without political interference.
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#ProtectScience #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceForAll #StopCensorship

Rugby league is a popular #collision sport among #Australian #adolescent and young adult men. #Concussion is one of the more common injuries in #rugby #league. Few studies have examined concussion in #youth rugby league.

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Traumatic #knee #injuries are surging, resembling a global "sporting epidemic." #ACL injuries and #meniscal #tears affect 80–79 per 100,000 in Scandinavia, rising to 85 per 100,000 in high-risk groups (16–39 years).

👉Read: zurl.co/AsTmI