64 results match your criteria: "McMaster University Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine[Affiliation]"

Identifying future research priorities in the field of interpersonal violence (IV) towards athletes in sport: a Delphi study.

Br J Sports Med

November 2024

Medicine and Health Sciences, Safeguarding Sport and Society, People and Wellbeing research group, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Objective: Our aim was to define the priorities for future research in safeguarding athletes from interpersonal violence (IV) in sport through a Delphi consensus study of researchers in the field.

Methods: An internet-based three-round Delphi method was used as a multistage facilitation technique to arrive at a group consensus (set at ≥75% agreement). A targeted literature search was conducted to develop a list of potential research priorities that were presented as short statements in the first round.

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Objectives: A paucity of studies assesses the intersection of physical health (injury and illness), mental health and experiences of interpersonal violence (IV, also known as harassment and abuse) in sport. The objectives of this study were to examine the (a) frequency of self-reported physical and mental health problems of elite athletes in the 12 months prior to the survey, (b) differences in physical and mental health between male and female athletes and (c) relationship of athlete health with experiences of IV.

Methods: Elite adult athletes from four sports were approached at eight international events to answer an online questionnaire on their physical and mental health, as well as experiences of IV in sport within the past 12 months.

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Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to describe the self-reported reproductive health of retired elite women's footballers with specific reference to menstrual function, pregnancy and motherhood, contraceptive use and pelvic floor function.

Methods: An electronic survey was disseminated to women's footballers (18 years or older) who had retired from elite football within 10 years of completing the survey.

Results: 69 respondents completed the survey (mean age 35.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study evaluated the ability of sports medicine physicians to identify and report cases of harassment and abuse in sports, highlighting the need for better education on this issue.
  • Conducted in 2023, the survey involved 406 physicians from 115 countries and revealed that while participants acknowledged the harmfulness of harassment and abuse, many felt uncomfortable reporting it and lacked knowledge on how to proceed.
  • Significant barriers to reporting included confidentiality concerns, fear of reprisals, and insufficient training, with a majority of respondents expressing a desire for more educational resources in safeguarding practices.
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Objective: This cross-sectional retrospective and prospective study implemented the 2023 International Olympic Committee Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) Clinical Assessment Tool version 2 (CAT2) to determine the current severity of REDs (primary outcome) and future risk of bone stress injuries (BSI, exploratory outcome) in elite athletes.

Methods: Female (n=143; 23.3±4.

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Objectives: Our aims were (a) to describe the prevalence and incidence of self-reported injuries and illnesses of amateur golfers over a 5-month period and (b) to investigate potential risk factors for injury.

Methods: We recruited 910 amateur golfers (733 males [81%] and 177 females [19%]) from golf clubs in the USA and Switzerland. The median age was 60 (IQR: 47-67) and the median golfing handicap was 12 (IQR: 6-18).

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Introduction: Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is common in patients with heart failure (HF) and is associated with advanced HF and increased mortality. Intravenous iron supplementation increases exercise tolerance, improves quality of life, and decreases symptoms among patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and iron deficiency. Despite this, many patients are not screened or treated for IDA.

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Introduction: Artificial intelligence (AI) development has led to improvements in many areas of medicine. Canada has workforce pressures in delivering cataract care. A potential solution is using AI technology that can automate care delivery, increase effectiveness and decrease burdens placed on patients and the healthcare system.

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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) was first introduced in 2014 by the International Olympic Committee's expert writing panel, identifying a syndrome of deleterious health and performance outcomes experienced by female and male athletes exposed to low energy availability (LEA; inadequate energy intake in relation to exercise energy expenditure). Since the 2018 REDs consensus, there have been >170 original research publications advancing the field of REDs science, including emerging data demonstrating the growing role of low carbohydrate availability, further evidence of the interplay between mental health and REDs and more data elucidating the impact of LEA in males. Our knowledge of REDs signs and symptoms has resulted in updated Health and Performance Conceptual Models and the development of a novel Physiological Model.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study of the connections between nutrition, exercise, and their impact on health and athletic performance has gained momentum, especially following the introduction of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) in 2014.
  • This shift has encouraged research into more diverse populations beyond the traditional focus on white, adolescent or young adult female athletes, yet many existing studies are limited by inconsistent methodologies.
  • The review aims to outline best practices for researching REDs, providing standardized definitions, study designs, and assessment methods to enhance future investigations and improve prevention, diagnosis, and care strategies.
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Purpose: To review the urological outcomes of proactive versus delayed management of children with a neurogenic bladder (NB).

Methods: We performed a literature search on EMBASE, MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials between January 1, 2000 to August 21, 2023 for studies investigating the management of spina bifida-associated NB in pediatric patients (0-18 years of age). Proactive management was defined as use of clean intermittent catheterization, and/or anticholinergics at presentation, or based on initial high-risk urodynamic findings by 1 year of age.

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Topic: This systematic review and meta-analysis provides a summary of the efficacy and safety of ranibizumab biosimilars relative to reference ranibizumab anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Methods: We conducted systematic searches from January 2003 to August 2022 on Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials. We included studies reporting changes in early treatment diabetic retinopathy study-measured best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), number of patients who lost or gained more than 15 letters in BCVA from baseline, changes in retinal thickness and adverse events between treatment arms.

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In 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published a consensus statement outlining the principles for recording and reporting injury and illness in elite sport. The authors encouraged sport federations to adapt the framework to their sport-specific context. Since this publication, several sports have published extensions to the IOC consensus statement.

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The trends in society have provided favourable conditions for the rapid growth of radiology on social media, specifically there has been an expanding presence on Twitter. Currently, simple searches on Twitter yield a plethora of radiology education resources, that may be suited for medical students, residents or practicing radiologists. Educators have many tools at their disposal to deliver effective teaching.

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Female athlete health domains: a supplement to the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport.

Br J Sports Med

September 2023

Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Science, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The IOC made recommendations for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injuries and illness in sports in 2020, but with little, if any, focus on female athletes. Therefore, the aims of this supplement to the IOC consensus statement are to (i) propose a taxonomy for categorisation of female athlete health problems across the lifespan; (ii) make recommendations for data capture to inform consistent recording and reporting of symptoms, injuries, illnesses and other health outcomes in sports injury epidemiology and (iii) make recommendations for specifications when applying the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology-Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS) to female athlete health data.In May 2021, five researchers and clinicians with expertise in sports medicine, epidemiology and female athlete health convened to form a consensus working group, which identified key themes.

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This review considers recent challenges to, and changes within, narrative medicine as a paradigm for humanities-based medical education. It suggests that, while narrative medicine has often been criticised for emphasising narrative at the expense of other dimensions of human experience, newer criticism has focused more on its relationship with other areas of medical knowledge. In different ways, recent work has shown greater interest in taking in humanities perspectives on their own terms, rather than (this is the charge against narrative medicine) instrumentalising them as diagnostic tools.

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Hosting international sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learnt and looking forward.

Br J Sports Med

January 2023

Wits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.

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Background: Recalcitrant complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type 1 is a devastating condition.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a patient in their twenties with left hand and forearm CRPS type I, transiently responsive to spinal cord stimulation, thoracic sympathectomy, and multimodal analgesia. The investigators initiated a trial of a single-shot erector spinae plane block at the T2 level, resulting in a clinically significant improvement in pain, function, vasomotor and sudomotor symptoms transiently for a 36-hour interval.

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