The scientific literature on injuries and illnesses in cycling is currently marked by studies with heterogeneous methodology, many of which involve small numbers of participants or have a short period of data collection. Also, for many cycling disciplines, no epidemiological information is available. This is concerning, as such information is the cornerstone of the development of measures protecting athletes’ health. This extension of the IOC consensus statement will improve the consistency, accuracy and quality of injury and illness surveillance programmes across all UCI cycling disciplines.
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eSports athletes are not physically active? Think again!
eSports are booming, but also frowned upon by health researchers. After all, excessive screen time, inactivity and sedentary behaviour are a global public health problem. While eSports are sedentary ‘activities’, we set out to characterize and describe the physical activity levels and physical training habits of people engaged in virtual football, a popular esports genre related to a traditional sport (i.e., soccer).
Read MorePhD Alert: Jo Verschueren
On Wednesday, April 21st, Jo Verschueren will defend his PhD Thesis. The interaction of fatigue and adaptability with lower extremity functional performance tests. A wonderful collaboration between our group and the MFYS Laboratory of Romain Meeussen. His defence is public and can be joined through … http://www.youtube.com/VUBeadlesOffice (Wednesday April 21st. 11.45 - 13.00). A summary can be found behind this link.
Read MoreConsensus on Integrating DSD and Trans women into Elite Competition
We are proud to have shared our voice in this important work! Since antiquity, athletic and Olympic competitions have been separated according to the traditional binary concept of male & females. We have gone past this binary definition in our contemporary society, yet sports are struggling to keep up with this debate. This consensus discussed some of those issues and provided a balanced consensus on how to deal with them.
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Anyone for (healthy) tennis?
The IOC has recently proposed standard methods for recording and reporting data for injury and illness in sport (1). The authors of the IOC consensus statement anticipated that sport-specific statements would provide further recommendations. We have now led the development of a tennis-specific extension of the IOC statement.
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