Applications invited for a PhD studentship (Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance) funded by the IRFU to start January 2023. Closing date 21st Oct. Interview date 7th Nov. SHPRC Tommy Comyns PhD, OLY Ian Kenny Roisin Cahalan IRFU Sports Medicine Irish Rugby

What happens when pitchers ⬇️ effort on the mound in rehab? For every 25% ⬇️ in effort… Ball velocity ⬇️ only 7.5% Elbow stress ⬇️ only 13% Ok to use ⬇️ effort throws, but know that changes are NOT proportional! 👉bit.ly/3GZQ5WT @AJSM_SportsMed Dan Christoffer

New Paper: Head Acceleration Events During Tackle, Ball-Carry, and Ruck Events in Professional Southern Hemisphere Men's Rugby Union Matches: A Study Using Instrumented Mouthguards in SJMSS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… by Gregory Roe

We want to understand about your injury prevention strategies in women's football! Participation involves a 5-10 min survey. Link below: redcap.link/1fw6jg7e

Please like/re-share🙏🏽 Attention🚨Performance Teams - Sport Scientists, Physiotherapist, S&Cs, Sport Coaches etc worldwide🌎 Pls take 10mins to fill out this research survey on monitoring strategies you use for sport (for my PhD student, Davide Mondin) redcap.canberra.edu.au/surveys/?s=RT8…

A nice collaboration led by Prof Lievens Eline Lievens assessing the practices and perceptions of high-performance experts regarding the muscle typology of their athletes

Neuromuscular recovery might not be achievable by MD+3 in elite level U18 EPL Academy Football players. Adductor musculature might be particularly vulnerable. Our recent work published open access in Euro J Sport Science today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

I got my PhD for a negative result, I even managed to publish it. Finding out your hypothesis was wrong is still a hard-won contribution to knowledge, which requires all the same skills as a positive result. Nothing to be upset or ashamed about!

This is a great example of how you can implement research into your clinical practice in a way that is informative for clinicians, players, and coaches.