This study was submitted and accepted for publication a while ago, but we only just got to see this text in print. The topic and outcomes are important enough to highlight this work again. We established the 12-month incidence and comorbidity of symptoms of mental health disorders among Dutch former elite athletes and explored the potential relationship with stressors. As a secondary objective, we investigated whether the incidence of symptoms of mental health disorders and their potential relationship with stressors are related to the duration of retirement.
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More people more active .. and more injuries
In this recent manuscript, we evaluated whether in fitness-related activities and recreational running over time, there is an increase in the number of novice sports athletes and whether these novice athletes have an increased injury rate compared with their experienced counterparts.
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Sports injury prevention works. But how should it be planned, organized and implemented? That was the main focus in this worldwide Delphi study in which 305 experienced sports physical therapists (PTs) from the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy member countries took part. The ACHSS took part in this study by means of Igor Tak and colleagues.
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An injection into the ankle joint with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) does not work better in ankle osteoarthritis than an injection with saline. This is the main conclusion from a multicenter RCT initiated and coordinated at the Amsterdam UMC. The results were published Oct. 26th 2021, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Performance limitations as part of injury definitions in injury surveillance systems
Sandro Vella just published this manuscript out of his Ph.D. Injury perceptions and related risk-mitigating interventions are context-dependent. Despite this, most injury surveillance systems are not context-specific as they do not integrate end-users perspectives. This study explored how national team football players, coaches, and health professionals perceive a football-related injury and how their context influences their perceptions and behaviors towards reporting and managing a football injury.
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