Undergraduate students' choices around community service and internship: A single faculty study.

Background: The Internship and Community Service Programme (ICSP) places newly graduated health professionals for a compulsory training period. Universities adopt multiple strategies to encourage students to select rural placements for ICSP.

Objectives: This study describes ICSP choices among final-year MBChB and Health and Rehabilitation Science students at a South African university and the factors influencing their decisions.

Injury and Illness Incidence in 2017 Super Rugby Tournament: A Surveillance Study on a Single South African Team.

Background: Professional rugby presents significant injury and illness risks to players, which need to be regularly assessed to monitor the effects of interventions and competition rules changes.

Hypothesis/purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and nature of time-loss injuries and illness during the pre-season and competition period of the 2017 Super Rugby tournament in a single South African team.

Study Design: Descriptive Epidemiology Study.

A Masterclass on developing clinical tools in sport and exercise medicine using principles of clinimetrics.

Musculoskeletal assessment and skill screening tests are regularly used in sports and exercise science to determine performance levels or injury risk in athletes. Many of these tests are used without having undergone clinimetric evaluation. The steps to develop these screening tests and assessment tools should include a structured process according to the clinimetric principles (conceptual and measurement model, reliability, validity, responsiveness, interpretability, burden, alternative forms, and cultural and language adaptation).

Incidence of Injuries, Illness and Related Risk Factors in Cross-Country Marathon Mountain Biking Events: A Systematic Search and Review.

Background: Cycling is a popular global sport and method of transportation and a significant contributor to admissions to hospital emergency units following an injury. Mountain biking events present additional challenges with remote venues and isolated courses, for which on-site medical care is often provided, for both injury and illness occurring during races. National health data may not represent these unique events, and specific data on incidence of injury and illness in mountain biking events are essential.

Motivation and Behaviour Change in Participants in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Mass participation events are promoted in South Africa as a positive public health initiative. has grown to be one of the most popular. The present study identifies the motives of residents in the Western Cape Province to join and how their involvement influences future physical activity levels.