In our fight against sedentary lifestyle we promote physical activities and participation in sports. One of those sports is running .. an activity that is accessible, inexpensive, and that can be done when and where one likes. Many running events and running programs for novice runners are available that stimulate people to start running. All good on the short term, but a large number of runners discontinue after participating in a running program. Hence, this study investigated the main reasons for running cessation and characteristics associated with discontinuation.
Read MoreAnother thesis that is approved and about to be defended before the committee. Caroline Bolling gave voice to athletes and artists in her work entitled “Who Me? I thought you would never ask!” in which she applied qualitative methods in sports injury prevention research. You may have seen some of her work already floating around Social Media where it was picked up by several clinical colleagues. Please find below the summary of her thesis, and drop us a line of you would like an electronic copy of the full book.
Read MoreOn November 4th our own Marelise Badenhorst will defend her PhD thesis entitled “Life After the Game: Consequences of acute spinal cord injuries in South African rugby union players” at the VU University in Amsterdam. The defense is open to the public, but for those who are unable to come we share with you the abstract of her seminal work on the consequences catastrophic injuries have on players and their families. Her thesis combined quantitative and qualitative research methods to come to recommendations on how immediate and longer term care for these players can be improved.
Read MoreWe got the opportunity to contribute with our thoughts on implementation in a special edition of Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. Although safety in sports and physical activity is an important prerequisite for continuing participation and maintenance of a healthy, physically active lifestyle, to date little effort has been placed upon moving evidence into preventive practice. Amongst researchers it is still often assumed that a program will disseminate itself after proven to be effective. Recently, however, there has been an increased recognition of the importance of theory-driven approaches to enhance implementation research. This manuscript aims to provide guidance for sports and physical activity injury researchers and practitioners to perform implementation research and practice.
Read MoreHot off the press comes this publication by our own Caroline Bolling. Proud to say her qualitative work has created waves and found its way to the British Journal of Sports Medici e. This particular study explored how sports injury prevention takes place in elite sport practice and to describe the perspectives of athletes, coaches and physiotherapists regarding the most critical factors that help prevent injury in the elite sports context.
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