Cricket players' perceptions of playing on artificial turf.

With the recent introduction of artificial turf outfield playing surfaces in community-level cricket, this paper presents the physical performance and injury-related perceptions of male, senior cricketers. Following validity and reliability testing, 43 cricketers from two clubs completed a questionnaire comprising three sections: demographic information; individual performance; and injury risk and severity. Descriptive variables were computed, and chi-square tests were conducted to identify differences in perceptions based on the field type that players were exposed to and their injury status.

Concussion assessment and management - What do community-level cricket participants know?

Objectives: To explore Australian cricket participants' knowledge of concussion assessment and management, and awareness of current concussion guidelines.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Methods: Novel and validated surveys were disseminated online, among over 16 year Australian cricket players and officials at the end of the 2018/19 cricket season.

Clinical Outcomes and Associations With Radial to Femoral Crossover in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Radial access during primary percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with reduced mortality and major bleeding compared with femoral access and is the recommended access site. Nevertheless, failure to secure radial access may necessitate crossover to femoral access. This study aimed to identify the associations with crossover from radial to femoral access in all comers with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and to compare the clinical outcomes with those patients who did not require crossover.

A longitudinal analysis of factors associated with post traumatic growth after acquired brain injury.

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) is a form of positive psychological change that occurs for some individuals following traumatic experiences. High levels of PTG have been reported among survivors of acquired brain injury (ABI). Yet it remains unclear why some survivors of ABI develop PTG and others do not.

Self-reported outcomes and patterns of service engagement after an acquired brain injury: a long-term follow-up study.

Primary Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, self-reported outcomes in domains relating to activities of daily living and patterns of service engagement in the survivors of a moderate-to-severe acquired brain injury over seven years.

Research Design: A longitudinal research design was used.

Methods And Procedures: Thirty-two individuals who sustained a moderate-to-severe acquired brain injury completed a Sociodemographic and Support Questionnaire at one (t1) and seven years (t2) after completing a publicly funded inpatient neurorehabilitation program.

A Systematic Review of Head, Neck and-Facial Injuries in Cricket.

This systematic review was conducted to identify the incidence, nature and mechanisms of head, neck and facial (HNF) injuries in cricket and the reported use of helmets. Five databases were searched up to 30 November 2020. From peer-reviewed cricket injury studies published in English, studies reporting on HNF cricket injuries as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were selected.

Sport and leisure activities in the heat: What safety resources exist?

Objectives: To conduct a document analysis of sports and leisure activity heat-related injury prevention resources in Australia and develop an understanding of the content within those resources.

Design & Methods: Heat resources were included if they dealt specifically with, or could be extrapolated to, prevention of heat-related injuries. Collating strategies for the catalogue included: (1) a detailed search of the organisation's website and (2) an online search for sport specific heat resources.

NLRP3 inflammasome is a key driver of obesity-induced atrial arrhythmias.

Aims: Obesity, an established risk factor of atrial fibrillation (AF), is frequently associated with enhanced inflammatory response. However, whether inflammatory signaling is causally linked to AF pathogenesis in obesity remains elusive. We recently demonstrated that the constitutive activation of the 'NACHT, LRR, and PYD Domains-containing Protein 3' (NLRP3) inflammasome promotes AF susceptibility.

Concurrent validity of a touchscreen application to detect early cognitive delay.

Objective: To explore the ability of an interactive screening tool to identify cognitive delay in children aged 18 to 24 months.

Design: Children were assessed using the Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development-third edition (BSID-III) and a touchscreen measure of problem-solving (Babyscreen V.1.

A decade of head, neck and facial cricket injury hospitalisations in Victoria, Australia: From 2007/08 to 2016/17.

Objectives: To present an epidemiological profile of hospital-treated head, neck and facial cricket injuries from 2007/08 to 2016/17 in Victoria, Australia.

Design: Retrospective analysis of emergency department and hospital admission data.

Methods: An analysis of Victorian hospital-treated head, neck and facial cricket injuries of all cricket participants over 5 years old between July 2007 and June 2017.

Two-Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Mild Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Era of Therapeutic Hypothermia.

Importance: Therapeutic hypothermia reduces risk of death and disability in infants with moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Randomized clinical trials of therapeutic hypothermia to date have not included infants with mild HIE because of a perceived good prognosis.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that children with mild HIE have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes than their healthy peers.

The impact of short-term predominate breastfeeding on cognitive outcome at 5 years.

Aim: Breastfeeding is associated with IQ, school attendance and income. Despite the known benefits of breastfeeding, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months is low globally. We examined the effect of short-term breastfeeding on long-term IQ.

Implication of ventricular pacing burden and atrial pacing therapies on the progression of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common after pacemaker implantation. However, the impact of pacemaker algorithms in AF prevention is not well understood.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of pacing algorithms in preventing AF progression.

Electroanatomical Remodeling of the Atria in Obesity: Impact of Adjacent Epicardial Fat.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to characterize: 1) electrical and electroanatomical remodeling in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with obesity; and 2) the impact of epicardial fat depots on adjacent atrial tissue.

Background: Obesity is associated with an increased risk of AF.

Methods: A total of 115 patients with AF who underwent AF ablation were screened.

Abrasion injuries on artificial turf: A systematic review.

Objectives: To review the incidence of abrasion injuries sustained on artificial turf playing fields and the level of evidence existing on player perceptions of abrasion injuries on these surfaces.

Design: Systematic review.

Method: A systematic search was performed using SPORTDiscus, Medline, Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct databases.

Validation of Raised Cord Blood Interleukin-16 in Perinatal Asphyxia and Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy in the BiHiVE2 Cohort.

The role of inflammation is an important factor in the progression of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). We have previously shown that interleukin-16 (IL-16) is increased in infants with moderate and severe HIE and relates to poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. We aimed to validate IL-16 as a cord blood-based biomarker for HIE and to examine its relationship to long-term outcomes.

PREVEntion and regReSsive Effect of weight-loss and risk factor modification on Atrial Fibrillation: the REVERSE-AF study.

Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a progressive disease. Obesity is associated with progression of AF. This study evaluates the impact of weight and risk factor management (RFM) on progression of the AF.

Evaluating mild traumatic brain injury management at a regional emergency department.

Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are usually the first point of contact, and often the only medical service available, for patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in rural and regional areas. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been created to ensure best practice management of mTBI in EDs. Adherence to mTBI CPGs has rarely been evaluated in rural and regional areas.

Cost-Effectiveness and Clinical Effectiveness of the Risk Factor Management Clinic in Atrial Fibrillation: The CENT Study.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) imposes a substantial cost burden on the healthcare system. Weight and risk factor management (RFM) reduces AF burden and improves the outcomes of AF ablation.

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the cost and clinical effectiveness of integrating RFM into the overall management of AF.

Hospital-Treated Snow Sport Injury in Victoria, Australia: A Summary of 2003-2012.

Introduction: To determine the incidence rate and changes over time for ice and snow sports injury in Victoria, Australia, from 2003 to 2012 and describe the most common types and causes of these injuries.

Methods: Retrospective data from the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit describing hospital admissions and emergency department presentations were extracted for the 10-year period of 2003 to 2012 for all ice- and snow-related injury. Descriptive injury data and participation-adjusted trend analyses using log-linear regression modelling of data (statistical significance, P<0.

Feasibility of using touch screen technology for early cognitive assessment in children.

Objective: To explore the feasibility of using a touch screen assessment tool to measure cognitive capacity in toddlers.

Design: 112 typically developing children with a median age of 31 months (IQR: 26-34) interacted with a touch screen cognitive assessment tool. We examined the sensitivity of the tool to age-related changes in cognition by comparing the number of items completed, speed of task completion and accuracy in two age groups; 24-29 months versus 30-36 months.

Subclinical device-detected atrial fibrillation and stroke risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: To determine stroke risk in subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) and temporal association between subclinical AF and stroke.

Methods And Results: Pubmed/Embase was searched for studies reporting stroke in subclinical AF in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). After exclusions, 11 studies were analysed.

Outcomes of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Several techniques have been utilized for the ablation of persistent (P) and long-standing persistent (LsP) atrial fibrillation (AF); however, the best approach of substrate ablation remains poorly defined. This study aims to examine the impact of ablation approach on outcomes associated with P or LsP AF ablation by conducting a meta-analysis and regression on contemporary literature.

Methods And Results: A systematic literature review was conducted up to 29 July 2015 for scientific literature reporting on outcomes associated with P or LsP AF ablation.