Expert Speaker Series: Kristian Thorborg on Prevention of Groin Injuries in Sport
Dr Thorborg is an Associate Professor and Physiotherapist based at the Sports Orthopaedic Research Centre. He has special interests in knee, hip and groin injuries and presented on ‘The Prevention of Groin Injuries in Sport’. Understanding the Clinical Entity Groin pain presents itself in a number of different clinical entities…
Expert Speaker Series: Ben Serpell on ACL Injuries in High Performance Sport
Ben is currently the Athletic Performance Coach at the Brumbies, acting as the link between the medical and performance teams. He also has experience working in rehabilitation at Port Adelaide FC (AFL) and Gloucester Rugby. His current research focus is on improving the prevention of ACL injuries, seeing as though…
Does research actually support practice in professional football? Thoughts on the BJSM review.
Last month a research group published an article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that had such an important message that I really wanted to write some comments about it. In their 2014 study McCall et al surveyed the most popular practices and perceptions in premier league football teams…