We are the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS). An initiative that brings together, within the Amsterdam UMC, two Dutch leading academic groups on research and clinical practice of athlete health protection. The ACHSS initiative is one of the 11 IOC Research Centers for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.
Through this website we will keep you updated on our own research and others' who deal with these topics.
Healthy Sports
Trailrunning is a very popular mode of running. However, the risk and burden of running-related injuries (RRI) in trailrunning is not well established. This study investigates the prevalence, injury rate, severity, nature, and economic burden of RRIs in Dutch trailrunners.
Read MoreThe incidence and severity of head injuries in children playing organized football are low, but not all concussions receive the medical attention. Head injuries, though including concussions are considered as potentially harmful particularly in children due to the still developing brain. Consequently, information and education of coaches and parents with regard to head injuries in children and the promotion of “Fair Play” is required to raise awareness for this issue.
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Significant differences exist between SCAT3 baseline section scores for footballers with and without disability. Consequently, concussion consensus guidelines should recognise these differences and produce guidelines that are specific for the growing number of athletes living with disability.
Read MoreApproximately 187 million euros per year. These are the societal costs of ankle sprains in the Netherlands. For this reason alone effective prevention is of great importance. The Strengthen your Ankle project - within the programme Sport of the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) - resulted in two accessible tools that support this important goal. For these results projectleader Evert Verhagen received a ZonMw Pearl on November 3, 2016 ... but this was a huge team effort!
Read MoreThe South African Rugby Union launched the BokSmart nationwide injury prevention programme to reduce rugby- related catastrophic injuries. The aim of this qualitative study was to evaluate the coaches and referees’ perceptions of the implementation of the BokSmart programme.
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