Paralympic sports have seen an exponential increase in participation since 16 patients took
part in the first Stoke Mandeville Games on the opening day of the 1948 London Olympic …

Objectives To evaluate prevention strategies, their unintended consequences and
modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussion (SRC) and/or head impact risk. Design …

In this viewpoint we make specific recommendations that can assist and make the return to
sport/exercise as safe as possible for all those impacted–from the recreational athlete to the …

Background The characteristics and incidence of injuries at the Summer Paralympic Games
have not previously been reported. A better understanding of injuries improves the medical …

The general consensus among sport and exercise genetics researchers is that genetic tests
have no role to play in talent identification or the individualised prescription of training to …

Background In this study we describe (1) the implementation of a novel web-based injury
and illness surveillance system (WEB-IISS) for use by a team of physicians at multisport …

Paralympic medicine describes the health-care issues of those 4500 or so athletes who
gather every 4 years to compete in 20 sports at the Summer Paralympic Games and in five …

During transition from rest to exercise, metabolic reaction rates increase substantially to
sustain intracellular ATP use. These metabolic demands activate several kinases that initiate …

This brought together many of UK Sport's top sports medicine clinicians along with three
invited international experts. Many issues of muscle strains were discussed over the three …

Objectives To describe the incidence of injury in the precompetition and competition periods
of the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games. Methods A total of 3657 athletes from 78 …