Babette M Pluim

KNLTB · Medical Dept

Background Wheelchair tennis, a globally popular sport, features a professional tour spanning 40 countries and over 160 tournaments. Despite its widespread appeal, information about the physical demands of wheelchair tennis is scattered across various studies, necessitating a comprehensive systematic review to synthesise available data. Objective...

Objective It is unclear what the incidence, prevalence, and nature of injuries are that can occur during playing padel. This study aimed to systematically review the incidence, prevalence, and nature of injuries in padel. Method A literature search was performed up to December 2022 through MEDLINE Ovid, PubMed, Cochrane Library, SportsDiscus and...

Background: Tennis is a multidirectional high-intensity intermittent sport for male and female individuals played across multiple surfaces. Although several studies have attempted to characterise the physical demands of tennis, a meta-analysis is still lacking. Objective: We aimed to describe and synthesise the physical demands of tennis across...

Objective: This scoping review examines how different levels and types of partial foot amputation affect gait and explores how these findings may affect the minimal impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis. Methods: Four databases (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus) were systematically searched in February 2021 for terms related to partial...

Shoulder complaints are a very prevalent condition and a significant cause of morbidity and disability. Most patients with shoulder complaints are primarily seen by general physicians. The guideline, as developed by the Dutch College of General Physicians (NHG) in 2019, formulates a basic algorithm to start early conservative management of shoulder...

Accurate and reliable evaluation of muscle strength in para-athletes is essential for monitoring the effectiveness of strength training and/or rehabilitation programmes, and sport classification. Our aim is to synthesise evidence related to assessing muscle strength in para-athletes. Four databases were searched from January 1990 to July 2021 for o...

Altered biomechanics due to amputation can contribute to substantial limitations, influencing sporting activities. Individuals with lower extremity amputations or congenital lower limb deficiency are encouraged to participate in para-sports. However, to compete in Paralympic sports, the candidate must have an impairment that results in lower extrem...

In 2020, the IOC released a consensus statement that provides overall guidelines for the recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport. Some aspects of this statement need to be further specified on a sport-by-sport basis. To extend the IOC consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiologica...

This infographic outlines evidence- based recommendations on COVID-19 reverse transcriptase PCR (RT- PCR) testing in elite sport settings, aiming to protect personal and population health, and acknowledging resources and expertise that are often available in elite sport. Public health recommendations vary by country and region, and protocol deci-si...

In this chapter the role of musculoskeletal radiology in the diagnosis and management of sports injuries is discussed. The use of imaging techniques is an important tool for the sports physician to establish the correct diagnosis and to choose the appropriate treatment procedures. In addition, imaging techniques can be useful for the evaluation and...

The IOC has proposed standard methods for recording and reporting of data for injury and illness in sport. The IOC consensus statement authors anticipated that sport-specific statements would provide further recommendations. This statement is the tennis-specific extension of the partner IOC statement. The International Tennis Federation Sport Scien...

This study examined the association and predictive ability of several markers of internal workload on risk of injury in high-performance junior tennis players. Fifteen young, high-level tennis players (9 males, 6 females; age: 17.2 ± 1.1 years; height: 178.5 ± 8.7 cm; body mass: 68.1 ± 4.8 kg) participated in this investigation. Data on injury epid...

High quality sports injury research can facilitate sports injury prevention and treatment. There is scope to improve how our field applies best practice methods—methods matter (greatly!). The 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, held in January 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the forum for an international group of researchers with expertise in research me...

Synopsis: High-quality sports injury research can facilitate sports injury prevention and treatment. There is scope to improve how our field applies best-practice methods-methods matter (greatly!). The first METHODS MATTER meeting, held in January 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the forum for an international group of researchers with expertise i...

Injury and illness surveillance, and epidemiological studies, are fundamental elements of concerted efforts to protect the health of the athlete. To encourage consistency in the definitions and methodology used, and to enable data across studies to be compared, research groups have published 11 sport-specific or setting-specific consensus statement...

Background Injury and illness surveillance, and epidemiological studies, are fundamental elements of concerted efforts to protect the health of the athlete. To encourage consistency in the definitions and methodology used, and to enable data across studies to be compared, research groups have published 11 sport- or setting-specific consensus statem...

Background Despite reported injury rates of up to 3 per 1000 hours exposure, there are no evidence-based prevention programmes in tennis. Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of an e-health prevention programme for reducing tennis injury prevalence. Study design Two-arm, researcher-blinded randomised controlled trial. Methods Adult tennis playe...

Talented athletes use metacognitive skills to improve their performance. Also, it is known that these skills are important for managing one's health. The goal of this study was to identify the relationship between metacognitive skills and overuse injuries in talented tennis players. Metacognitive skills were measured in 73 talented tennis players (...

The objective was to systematically review the literature on risk factors and prevention programs for musculoskeletal injuries among tennis players. PubmedMedline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, SportDiscus were searched up to February 2017. Experts in clinical and epidemiological medicine were contacted to obtain additional studies. For risk factors, p...

Objective: For elite athletes to train and compete at peak performance levels, it is necessary to manage their pain efficiently and effectively. A recent consensus meeting on the management of pain in elite athletes concluded that there are many gaps in the current knowledge and that further information and research is required. This article prese...

Objective: To review the literature related to different treatment strategies for the general population of individuals with amputation, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy, as well as how this may impact pain management in a correlated athlete population. Data sources: A comprehensive literature search was performed linking pain with terms r...

Introduction Despite an injury incidence of up to 3.0/1000 hours of play, there are no published tennis injury prevention programmes. This article aims to describe the developmental process of TennisReady, an e-health tennis-specific injury programme for adult recreational tennis players. Five-step approach A bottom-up, five-step approach was used...

Tennis is one of the most popular sports worldwide based on the level of participation. It is played at various levels of skill (beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite, and professional) among both sexes and all ages, from early childhood to octogenarians and beyond. Both the singles and doubles format are popular at all levels of play. Tennis is...

In addition to the musculoskeletal injury emphasis described in other chapters of this book, there is a tremendous stress to the entire body during tennis play. This requires high-level medical care for the competitive tennis player against illness and overtraining syndromes. This chapter overviews these key medical issues.

Pain is a common problem among elite athletes and is frequently associated with sport injury. Both pain and injury interfere with the performance of elite athletes. There are currently no evidence-based or consensus-based guidelines for the management of pain in elite athletes. Typically, pain management consists of the provision of analgesics, res...

Objectives We compared the utility of four cooling interventions for reducing heat strain during simulated tennis match-play in an environment representative of the peak conditions possible at the Australian Open (45 °C,<10%RH, 475W/m² solar radiation). Design Nine trained males undertook four trials in a climate chamber, each time completing 4 se...

Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in the prevalence of tennis injuries between the four most common court surfaces in the Netherlands, including hard court, clay, sand-fill artificial grass and red-sand-fill artificial grass. Natural grass was not included in this study. Methods This was a repeated cros...

Background The number of elite junior tennis players is growing. However, very little is known about the risk factors for injuries in this specific population. Objective To identify risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in elite youth tennis players. Design A prospective cohort study during the 2012–2013 Dutch tennis season. Setting Elite yo...

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of different in-play cooling strategies for mitigating heat strain during simulated tennis match-play activity in a hot/humid environment representing the most extreme conditions during the US Open (36°C, 50% RH). Methods: On three occasions, nine males completed an intermittent treadmill-protocol with an exercise...

Athletes participating in elite sports are exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendars. Emerging evidence indicates that poor load management is a major risk factor for injury. The International Olympic Committee convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load (defined broa...

The modern-day athlete participating in elite sports is exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendar. Emerging evidence indicates that inappropriate load management is a significant risk factor for acute illness and the overtraining syndrome. The IOC convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for th...

Overuse injuries are a serious problem in junior tennis. Gaining insight in age-specific risk factors can contribute to prevention. The developmental cognitive processes that take place during adolescence make talented players more inclined to take risks. This may be even more pronounced in the high performance culture in which they move. Therefore...

Consistent training is conducive to reaching performance goals in sport and essential for optimal performance. A study in athletics has shown that the likelihood of achieving a performance goal was seven times higher in those athletes who completed >80% of their planned training weeks and that training availability accounted for 86% of successful s...

Purpose: To determine 1) the relationship between shuttle wheel test (SWT) outcomes and peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) during that test; and 2) whether SWT and VO2peak can discriminate between different skill levels of wheelchair tennis players. Methods: 15 wheelchair tennis players performed a SWT on a tennis court while VO2 was measured continuo...

Background: This study describes the epidemiology of men's and women's tennis injuries reported by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) during the 2009/2010-2014/2015 academic years. Methods: Injuries and athlete-exposure (AE) data originated from 19 varsity men's programmes (38 team-seasons); wom...

Background Injury and illness surveillance in the aquatic disciplines has been conducted during the FINA World Championships and Olympic Games. The development of an aquatic-specific injury and illness surveillance system will improve the quality of the data collected and the development of preventive measures. Our ultimate objective is to enhance...

BJSM Education offers four types of interactive online modules to improve your knowledge and expertise. If you just want a quick bite of knowledge, go to our Image Quizzes at http://bjsm.bmj.com/site/image-quiz. The site gives you the opportunity to study an image of a real-life case, identify the most likely diagnosis and read up on the subject....

The Consensus Statement by Racinais et al 1 on training and competing in the heat provides practical recommendations for athletes, clinicians and event organisers to optimise performance during sporting activities in the heat. The focus is on three different areas: heat acclimatisation, hydration and cooling strategies, with practical recommendatio...

Exercising in the heat induces thermoregulatory and other physiological strain that can lead to impairments in endurance exercise capacity. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide up-to-date recommendations to optimise performance during sporting activities undertaken in hot ambient conditions. The most important intervention one can...

Exercising in the heat induces thermoregulatory and other physiological strain that can lead to impairments in endurance exercise capacity. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide up-to-date recommendations to optimise performance during sporting activities undertaken in hot ambient conditions. The most important intervention one can...

Exercising in the heat induces thermoregulatory and other physiological strain that can lead to impairments in endurance exercise capacity. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide up-to-date recommendations to optimize performance during sporting activities undertaken in hot ambient conditions. The most important intervention one can...

Exercising in the heat induces thermoregulatory and other physiological strain that can lead to impairments in endurance exercise capacity. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide up-to-date recommendations to optimize performance during sporting activities undertaken in hot ambient conditions. The most important intervention one can...

The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence and prevalence of injury and illness among elite junior tennis players. A cohort of 73 players (11-14 years) in the 2012-2013 Dutch national high-performance program was followed for 32 weeks; all participants completed the study. The OSTRC Questionnaire on Health Problems was used to record...

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) is a jewel in the global primary care sports and exercise medicine crown. In a very competitive market for their society dollars, US primary care physicians vote overwhelmingly for AMSSM, giving it a landslide victory. Membership is (almost) universal because of the benefits such as education...

Tennis is one of the major global sports, played by people of all ages and at all levels of society. Playing tennis, at no matter what level, places the participant at risk of injury. This chapter provides extensive information regarding tennis injuries and the role of imaging in the diagnostic process. First, physiological and biomechanical aspect...

The ‘ECG Learning modules’ on the BJSM Education website (http://bjsm.bmj.com/site/education/index.xhtml) will teach you to interpret ECGs so you can differentiate benign ECG changes seen in athletes from pathological patterns. Why is this important? Sudden death from cardiac conditions is the leading cause of mortality in athletes during sport.1 M...

BJSM is a multimedia portal for original research, critical reviews and timely debate in sport and exercise medicine (SEM). Education is a cornerstone of our service, and we therefore have a dedicated BJSM Education website: http://bjsm.bmj.com/site/education/ BJSM Education offers high-quality, peer-reviewed educational material for clinicians who...

Movement towards sport safety in Athletics through the introduction of preventive strategies requires consensus on definitions and methods for reporting epidemiological data in the various populations of athletes. To define health-related incidents (injuries and illnesses) that should be recorded in epidemiological studies in Athletics, and the cri...

Recent advances in many areas of science have directly impacted the way in which tennis is played nowadays and it is anticipated that scientific research will be a major driver for future developments. Evolution is evident throughout the modern game of tennis and Charles Darwin would undoubtedly be an avid enthusiast of the sport!.

Study design: This was an observational study. Objectives: Spinal cord-injured (SCI) individuals are thermoregulatory compromised because of an inability to vasodilate and sweat below the injury, increasing the risk, proportional to the injury level, for marked core body temperature (CBT) rises. We compared thermoregulatory responses between whe...

Goran Ivanisevic had a career-limiting shoulder injury, Martin Verkerk took almost 2 years for his shoulder rehabilitation and Johan Santana is out for this season after re-injuring his shoulder. You are confronted with a tennis player presenting with pain when serving. Does your heart sink? To address these problems, Dr Ben Kibler spearheaded the...

Objectives To explore the factors that facilitate or hinder the development of healthy tennis clubs in the Netherlands and to identify suitable interventions that would help clubs to reach ‘healthy club’ status. Methods A maximum variation, purposive sampling strategy was used to identify and recruit board members (n=16) from 10 Dutch tennis clubs....

OccurrenceDifferential DiagnosesDiagnostic ThinkingCase HistoryClinical ExaminationSupplemental ExaminationsSpecific Diagnoses-Common InjuriesOther InjuriesDifferential DiagnosesIntroductionGoals and PrinciplesPhase I: Acute PhasePhase II: Intermediate PhasePhase III: Advanced Rehabilitation PhaseReturn to Activity Phase

Inhaled β2-agonists are commonly used as bronchodilators in the treatment of asthma. Their use in athletes, however, is restricted by anti-doping regulations. Controversies remain as to whether healthy elite athletes who use bronchodilators may gain a competitive advantage. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the effect...

Inhaled β₂-agonists are commonly used as bronchodilators in the treatment of asthma. Their use in athletes, however, is restricted by anti-doping regulations. Controversies remain as to whether healthy elite athletes who use bronchodilators may gain a competitive advantage. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the effect...

There have been tremendous advances in the diagnosis and management of shoulder injuries. For this issue of the BJSM , we target the world’s leading shoulder clinicians to share their insights. We outline the concept of scapular dyskinesis, simplify the classification and management of shoulder instability, and clarify the essentials of office shou...

The reported incidence, severity and nature of injuries sustained in tennis vary considerably between studies. While some of these variations can be explained by differences in sample populations and conditions, the main reasons are related to differences in definitions and methodologies employed in the studies. This statement aims to review existi...

The reported incidence, severity and nature of injuries sustained in tennis vary considerably between studies. While some of these variations can be explained by differences in sample populations and conditions, the main reasons are related to differences in definitions and methodologies employed in the studies. This statement aims to review existi...

IntroductionWho Is Affected by Injury?Where Does Injury Occur?When Does Injury Occur?What Is the Outcome?What Are the Risk Factors?What Are the Inciting Events?Injury PreventionFurther ResearchReferences

The sudden death of a young athlete on the playing field remains the most devastating medical event in sports. The tragic impact of these events compels sports medicine professionals and sport governing bodies to develop and implement effective preventive strategies. In this issue, the British Journal of Sports Medicine and the International Olympi...

A TENNIS-SPECIFIC STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAM CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE IN PREVENTING COMMON INJURIES IN TENNIS PLAYERS. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IDENTIFIES COMMON TENNIS INJURIES AND THE TENNIS DEMANDS AND MUSCULAR IMBALANCES THAT MAY PLAY A ROLE IN CAUSING THEM. SPECIFIC EXERCISES ARE SUGGESTED BASED ON THESE SPORT-SPECIFIC MUSCUL...

Sports radiology is a new radiological subspecialty. Traumatic sports-related injuries can be acute, but are more frequently caused by over-use. Close collaboration between the treating physician and radiologist optimizes the choice of the best imaging technique to confirm the tentative diagnosis and to determine the treatment plan. Conventional ra...

The aim of the study was to examine whether differences in playing level influence the activity profile and physiological demands of advanced and recreational veteran men's tennis players during an hour of tennis match play. Ten advanced (International Tennis Number [ITN] 3-5, 45.3 +/- 5.1 years) and 10 recreational (ITN 7-9, 44.8 +/- 4.7 years) ve...

Andere benamingen voor deze aandoening: epicondylitis lateralis humeri, tendinose van de extensoren, chronische tendinose van de extensoren, tendinose extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB).

RESUMEN Continuando con el artículo que elaboramos en el pasado número de la revista, donde indicábamos los beneficios de la práctica del tenis para la salud, presentamos el presente artículo en el que avanzamos los resultados de una investigación que se llevó a cabo con jugadores de tenis veteranos en España y aportamos una serie de orientaciones...

To assess possible ergogenic properties of corticosteroid administration. A balanced, double-blind, placebo-controlled design was used. 28 well-trained cyclists and rowers. 4 weeks' daily inhalation of 800 microg budesonide or placebo. The subjects performed three incremental cycle ergometer tests until exhaustion, before and after 2 and 4 weeks of...

Tennis is one of the major global sports, with over 75 million participants worldwide. Many more follow the Grand Slams, Davis Cup and Fed Cup events, overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the professional tours, governed and managed by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Sony Ericsson WTA (Women’s Tennis Assoc...