Stress urinary incontinence prevalence and risk factors in female rugby players: a common health problem across four nations.

Objectives: Female athletes engaging in high-impact sports have a higher prevalence of experiencing stress urinary incontinence (SUI). However, the prevalence of sport-specific SUI and associated risk factors in female rugby players is relatively unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence of general and rugby-related SUI and identify associated risk factors and inciting events in female rugby players.

Is your system fit for purpose? Female athlete health considerations for rugby injury and illness surveillance systems.

This review discusses female-specific health considerations in injury and illness surveillance and provides rugby-specific recommendations for future surveillance. Identifying priority injury and illness problems by determining those problems with the highest rates within women's rugby may highlight different priorities than sex comparisons between men's and women's rugby. Whilst sports exposure is the primary risk for health problems in sports injury and illness surveillance, female athletes have health domains that should also be considered.

Characterizing Longitudinal Alterations in Postural Control Following Lower Limb Injury in Professional Rugby Union Players.

Assessment of player's postural control following a lower limb injury is of interest to sports medicine practitioners due to its fundamental role in daily tasks and sporting activities. The aim was to longitudinally monitor professional rugby union players' postural control during each phase of the rehabilitation program (acute, middle, and late) following a lower limb injury. Seven male rugby union players (height 1.

The effect of attentional cues on mechanical efficiency and movement smoothness in running gait: An interdisciplinary investigation.

The aim was to examine the effect of focus of attention cues on foot angle for retraining movement purposes. Twenty (females: 8) rearfoot-striking recreational runners (mass: 72.5 ± 11.

Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospective longitudinal feasibility study.

Objectives: Investigate 1) if collecting and analysing wristwatch inertial measurement unit (IMU) and global positioning system (GPS) data using a commercially-available training platform was feasible in recreational runners and 2) which variables were associated with subsequent injury.

Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort.

Participants: Healthy recreational runners.

Movement strategy correspondence across jumping and cutting tasks after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

There are currently a multitude of tests used to assess readiness to return to sport (RTS) following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The aim of this study was to establish the extent to which movement strategies transfer between three common assessment tasks to help improve design of athlete testing batteries following ACLR. A cohort of 127 male patients 8-10 months post-ACLR and 45 non-injured controls took part in the study.

Humans Optimize Ground Contact Time and Leg Stiffness to Minimize the Metabolic Cost of Running.

Trained endurance runners appear to fine-tune running mechanics to minimize metabolic cost. Referred to as self-optimization, the support for this concept has primarily been collated from only a few gait (e.g.