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Vincent Gouttebarge

Vincent Gouttebarge
Amsterdam University Medical Centers / University of Pretoria

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Introduction
Former professional footballer (14 seasons in France and The Netherlands) appointed as Professor (extraordinary) at the Section Sports Medicine of the University of Pretoria and based at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers. Also Medical Director at FIFPRO (Football Players Worldwide).
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Publications (202)
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The aim of this paper is to explore the gynaecological health patterns, contraceptive use, body perception, and motherhood experiences of female professional football players. The participants were recruited via email using FIFPRO (Football Players Worldwide). Online questionnaires were completed by consenting participants. The mean age at menarche...
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Background Knee injuries are common among elite intercounty Gaelic games players (collectively GAA players). Aims The primary aim was to examine knee pain, function, and quality of life in retired elite male GAA players. Secondary objectives were to (i) report the incidence of previous knee surgery and total knee replacement, (ii) assess medicatio...
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Introduction The Amsterdam 2022 International Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport (6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport) was the first Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) consensus to consider the para athlete.1 To date, a lack of research in para sport on most aspects of concussion has prevented the development of evidence-infor...
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The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on ‘methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport’ recommended standardising methods to advance data collection and reporting consistency. However, additional aspects need to be considered when these methods are applied to specific sports se...
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Aims We examined the prevalence and incidence of mental health symptoms (MHS) in active professional male footballers over a 12-month period and investigated if MHS was associated with severe injuries or surgeries. Participants and methods Football Players Worldwide (FIFPRO) affiliated national unions invited active professional male football play...
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a detailed description of the anatomy and radiology of the medial sleeve and present an approach in its management among elite athletes. Methods Five cases of elite athletes who underwent treatment for a medial sleeve injury of which the diagnosis was confirmed through physical examination and additi...
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Objective To establish the prevalence of mental health symptoms (MHSs) among Dutch elite athletes and their coaches, to examine the association between potential contributing factors and MHS among Dutch elite athletes and their coaches and to explore the view and needs of Dutch elite athletes and their coaches regarding mental health resources and...
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Background and Objective Competitive alpine skiing, snowboarding and freestyle skiing, all different in nature and risks, are known for their high injury and illness burden. Testing measures and training methods may be considered for athletes’ preparation to support performance enhancement while safeguarding their health. We explored the perspectiv...
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Women's football has grown in popularity, competitiveness and professionalism, increasing the demands placed on players and their injury risk. This study aimed to identify differences in the match workload and international travel between injured and non‐injured professional women's footballers. The study was conducted as an observational, retrospe...
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Background: Rugby is a physically demanding sport with a high injury rate. Professional male rugby players have a notably greater risk of sustaining injuries that require hospitalisation or surgery than male athletes from non-contact sports. Retired elite male rugby players experience physical and mental health conditions as well as varying levels...
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Aims: To explore health patterns in female professional football players in the domains of gynaecological health patterns, contraceptive use, body perception and motherhood experiences, including return to play after childbirth. Methods: An online questionnaire was emailed to active female professional football players via email. Participants were...
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Objectives To investigate retired elite female rugby players' health outcomes (and their relationships) in five key areas (musculoskeletal, cognitive, mental, reproductive/endocrinological and cardiovascular) and how those compare with the general population. Methods Female rugby players aged ≥18 years old and retired from elite competition ≥2 ye...
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There are concerns over the impact of the congested international match calendar on professional footballers' physical and mental well-being, and injury susceptibility. This study aimed to determine whether there were differences in match workload and international travel between injured and non-injured male football players over two elite competit...
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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...
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Objective: To determine the neurocognitive function of active professional male footballers, determine whether deficits/impairments exist, and investigate the association between previous concussion(s) and neurocognitive function. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study conducted via electronic questionnaires. The CNS Vital Signs online te...
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Purpose To provide return‐to‐performance outcomes after surgical treatment for medial malleolus stress fractures in the elite athlete. Additionally, to describe an individualised surgical approach in the management of medial malleolus stress fractures. Methods Five athletes (six ankles) underwent surgical treatment for a medial malleolus stress fr...
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Background The implementation of remote global heart screening and monitoring services in professional players is essential as it allows: (1) efficient and rapid identification of cardiac abnormalities ensuring their safety and health; (2) standardizing the quality of medical heart checkups in low-resource regions to promote health equity; (3) prio...
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Objective To calculate the prevalence rates of mental health symptoms among female professional football players over a 12-month period and to explore the associations of severe injury and related surgery with mental health symptoms among female professional footballers. Methods An observational prospective cohort study was conducted over a 12-mont...
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OBJECTIVE: To summarize the existing evidence regarding the effectiveness of interventions to manage early hip, knee, and ankle osteoarthritis in active elite or professional athletes. DESIGN: Scoping review. DATA SOURCES: Medline (PubMed), SPORTDiscus, ScienceDirect, and Epistomonikos. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Peer-reviewed publications from 2012...
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Background Women’s football has grown in popularity, competitiveness, and professionalism. The increased demands placed on players have raised concerns about the impact of various factors, including match workload and international travel, on injury susceptibility. Objective The aim of this study was to compare the match workload and international...
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Objective This pilot study aimed to evaluate the perception and satisfaction of deselected male Academy professional footballers towards a medical after-care intervention. Methods A quasiexperimental study design, with deselected players (aged≥18 years) at a single Premier League Academy during the 2022/2023 season, were invited to participate. Th...
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the characteristics of match injury in male beach soccer players. Video recordings of all official beach soccer tournaments in which the European national male beach soccer teams participated from 2018 to 2021 were analysed by two sports medicine specialists retrospectively. Regarding each injury, data i...
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Objectives To examine healthcare professionals (HCPs) attitudes, beliefs and preparedness towards the management of Para athlete mental health during the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games. Methods A cross-sectional observational study was conducted. National Paralympic Committee’s HCPs (n=857) working at the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 202...
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Objectives High-performance snow sports (HPSS) athletes compete in a performance-driven context with a high risk of injury. While there is a lack of evidence on effective prevention measures in snow sports, this study explored the perspectives and perceptions of HPSS stakeholders on sports injury prevention. Methods We conducted an exploratory qua...
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Background Our goal was to summarize and contextualize the available literature on alpine ski racing injury epidemiology, injury etiology, injury prevention measures, injury prevention context, and implementation issues. Materials and Methods We searched four electronic databases using predetermined search terms. We included original studies that...
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Objective: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) is an athlete-specific screening tool developed to identify mental health symptoms in elite athletes and potential need for referral to care. We aimed to report the prevalence using the Japanese version of the SMHAT-1 in a Japanese sport context. Me...
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The aim of this scoping review was to present an overview of the existing epidemiological evidence in retired male and female elite rugby players regarding the prevalence rates of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, neurocognitive, psychological and gynaecological health conditions. A systematic search was carried out across MEDLINE (via PubMed), SPOR...
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Elevated heat, humidity and solar load combined with low air movement independently and additively impair performance, increase the perception of effort and the risk of heat-related illnesses. For the specific context of professional football, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) heat guidelines are often used as the default...
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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 consen...
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Objective: To comment on and explore (1) the prevalence of clinical knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA); (2) the association between pain or function and clinical knee or hip OA; (3) the association between injury or surgery and clinical knee or hip OA. Methods: Participants were recruited from FIFPRO members. A total of 101 footballers consented t...
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Objective To explore the prevalence of symptoms of mental health conditions and burnout of healthcare professionals (HCPs) working during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. Methods In this cross-sectional, observational study, HCPs working during the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games were asked...
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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the Runfitcheck on time until the onset of a new running-related injury (RRI) among adult novice runners. Methods A three-arm randomised controlled trial was conducted over 7 months. Adult novice runners completed a baseline online questionnaire on their characteristics, running activity, RRIs and injury...
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Background: Heading is a risk factor for neurogenerative disease in football. However, the exposure to heading in elite football training is understudied. Objectives: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the exposure to headers in elite men’s and women’s football and to describe the effects of the headers on ocular markers. Methods:...
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Objectives To establish the effectiveness of the ‘VolleyVeilig’ programme on reducing injury rate, injury burden and injury severity in youth volleyball players. Methods We conducted a quasi-experimental prospective study over one season of youth volleyball. After randomisation by competition region, we instructed 31 control teams (236 children, a...
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Objectives Little is known about the impact of elite sport participation on long-term athlete health. We aimed to: (1) describe musculoskeletal, mental health, reproductive/endocrine and cardiovascular characteristics in retired elite female athletes and compare to the general population and (2) explore athletes’ perceptions of their elite sport pa...
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Background The International Match Calendar congestion affects players recovery. The views of a worldwide cohort of professional football players is shared in this communication. Methods A cross-sectional observational study recruited players through Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnel’s national members. An el...
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The purpose of this study was to i) determine the prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms in professional cricketers and ii) identify factors associated with symptoms of anxiety/depression. One-hundred and seventy-seven (n = 177, response rate of 76%) professional cricketers completed the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12). Odd ratios (OR)...
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Depending on how well they cope with the challenges associated with transitioning out of elite sport, former elite athletes might report mental health symptoms. The prevalence of mental health symptoms in former elite athletes is substantial, reaching up to 39% for distress and anxiety/depression (not differentiated), 29% for sleep disturbance, and...
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Objective: To apply the International Olympic Committee Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) to determine the prevalence of mental health symptoms in a cohort of university student athletes over an academic year. A secondary objective was to explore the internal consistency of the screening tools from the SMHAT-1. Design: Cross-sectio...
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The objective of this systematic review was to identify potential risk factors for injury in CrossFit participants. Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and SportDiscuss databases were all searched up to June 2021. Cohort studies that investigated risk factors for CrossFit injuries requiring medical attention or leadin...
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Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is common amongst retired male professional footballers. There is limited understanding with respect to the interplay between imaging findings, clinical presentation and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in retired professional footballers with knee OA. Objectives: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the...
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Objectives Adherence to injury prevention programmes in football remains low, which is thought to drastically reduce the effects of injury prevention programmes. Reasons why (medical) staff and players implement injury prevention programmes, have been investigated, but player’s characteristics and perceptions about these programmes might influence...
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to explore the leadership experiences of elite football team physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A pilot-study based on a cross-sectional design by means of an electronic survey was conducted. The survey relied on 25 questions divided into distinct sections including among others professional a...
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Objective To conduct a scoping review providing an overview of the health conditions occuring in retired male and female professional footballers, with an emphasis on musculoskeletal, mental, neurocognitive, cardiovascular and reproductive health conditions. Methods In January 2022, a comprehensive systematic literature search in three databases (...
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Background In addition to beneficial health effects, running is associated with a risk of sustaining injuries. The online intervention Runfitcheck was developed to stimulate injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of Runfitcheck on injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. Desi...
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Background In the Netherlands, volleyball is ranked among the top 5 sports with the highest number of injuries, and over 35% of these injuries are sustained by youth players. Objective To assess the effectiveness of a volleyball specific youth injury prevention program on injury incidence, injury severity and injury burden. Design Quasi-experimen...
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Background In elite sport, mental health has become a topic of concern as athletes frequently appear to experience symptoms of anxiety/depression. Cricket is particularly demanding, given the globalisation and different formats of the game. To reduce anxiety/depression in professional cricketers, potential risk factors need to be identified. Objec...
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Background Novice runners have a high injury risk. The online behavioral intervention Runfitcheck was effective in stimulating preventive behavior in novice runners, but its effectiveness on running-related injuries (RRI) remains unknown. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the Runfitcheck on RRIs among adult novice runners. Design A three...
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BACKGROUND: Basketball is played by the youth worldwide, and various injuries occur in youth basketball. There is currently no overview of the incidence, the risk factors and preventive measures of musculoskeletal injuries among youth basketball players OBJECTIVE: This systematic review describes the most common injuries among youth basketball play...
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Background The escalated competitive pressure and professionalisation of esports players could predispose them to mental health symptoms. We aimed to develop a model to explore the association between distress and anxiety/depression symptoms and potential associations between adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies, sleeping disturbance, alcohol...
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Background: The online intervention Runfitcheck was developed to stimulate injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of Runfitcheck on injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. Methods: A randomised controlled trial was conducted among adult novice runners. The interve...
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Introduction: Poor mental health of athletes is major concern in sport. Typically, incidence/prevalence of mental health symptoms in athletes is studied using symptom-specific questionnaires. For symptoms of depression/anxiety, one such self-reporting questionnaire is the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Objective: The aim of this re...
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Objective Determining the prevalence of mental health symptoms (MHS) among Australian professional footballers compared with former players. A secondary aim was to assess whether MHS were associated with recent injury and psychological resilience. Methods This cross-sectional study included 149 male (mean age: 24 years) and 132 female (mean age:...
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Objectives The objective was to explore the view and thoughts of physicians working in professional football about several aspects (eg, education and use of video footages) likely to enhance concussions’ recognition and on-field management. Methods An observational study based on a cross-sectional design by means of an electronic survey was conduc...
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There has been increasing scrutiny of professional rugby following the concern that retired players might face several negative health conditions. Currently, support measures addressing the health of retired professional rugby players are not systematically implemented. This is unusual as professional rugby stakeholders have the duty of care to pro...
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Objectives The primary objective was to examine the attitudes of professional footballers towards help-seeking behaviours related to mental health symptoms and the impact of a mental health awareness video on these help-seeking behaviours. The secondary objective was to evaluate whether the mental health awareness video was feasible in professional...
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Concussion is a frequent injury in many sports and is also common in para athletes. However, there is a paucity of concussion research related to para sport, and prior International Concussion in Sport (CIS) consensus papers have not substantively addressed this population. To remedy this and to improve concussion care provided to para athletes, th...
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The objective of the study was to establish the prevalence of clinical hip osteoarthritis in current and former professional footballers and to explore its consequences on hip function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A cross-sectional study by means of questionnaire was conducted among current and former professional footballers fulfill...
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OBJECTIVES: The primary objectives of the study were to (i) establish the 12-month incidence and comorbidity of symptoms of mental health disorders (distress, anxiety/depression, sleep disturbance, alcohol misuse, disordered eating) among Dutch former elite athletes and (ii) explore the potential relationship with the stressors involuntary retireme...
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All sport events have inherent injury and illness risks for participants. Healthcare services for sport events should be planned and delivered to mitigate these risks which is the ethical responsibility of all sport event organisers. The objective of this paper was to develop consensus-driven guidelines describing the basic standards of services ne...
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Objectives We aim to describe time trends of severe sports-related emergency department (ED) visits in the Netherlands, from 2009 to 2018. Methods Data were extracted from the Dutch Injury Surveillance System by age, gender, sports activity and injury diagnosis, from 2009 to 2018. Absolute numbers and time trends of severe sports-related ED visits...
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Objectives To develop an assessment and recognition tool to identify elite athletes at risk for mental health symptoms and disorders. Methods We conducted narrative and systematic reviews about mental health symptoms and disorders in active and former elite athletes. The views of active and former elite athletes (N=360) on mental health symptoms in...
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Objective: The primary objective of our study was to establish the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among professional football (ie, soccer; hereinafter "football") players during the COVID-19 emergency period, drawing comparisons with players assessed before exposure to the COVID-19 emergency period. Design: Observational comparati...
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The purpose of this study was to gather information from scientific literature related to all steps of Van Mechelen's "sequence of prevention" for injuries applied to youth and adult recreational field hockey players. A systematic review was conducted in Medline via Pubmed and in SPORTDiscus via EBSCOhost. Twenty-six original studies were included....
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Objectives To determine (1) the prevalence of ankle osteoarthritis (OA) among former professional football and rugby players, (2) assess the association between ankle injuries or ankle surgeries with ankle OA, and (3) compare the mental and physical quality of life (QoL) between former professional football and rugby players with and without OA. M...
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This Animated Video provides an overview of the protocol of the Drake Football Study, the most comprehensive study to-date to monitor the long-term health of professional football (soccer) players.
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Objectives To develop an assessment tool for the early identification of elite athletes potentially at risk for experiencing mental health symptoms and disorders Stepwise approach Firstly, narrative and systematic reviews of the scientific literature about mental health symptoms and disorders in active and former elite athletes were conducted. Seco...
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Mental health symptoms (self-reported; e.g. distress, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance) describe a state of adverse/abnormal thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour potentially leading to functional (daily life, work, sport) impairments. The prevalence of mental health symptoms in elite athletes is substantial, varying from 5% for burnout and adv...
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Background In addition to the beneficial health effects of being active, running is also associated with a risk of sustaining injuries. The online intervention Runfitcheck was developed to stimulate injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Runfitcheck on injury-preventi...
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Objectives To examine the sensitivity/specificity of the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ) in both male and female elite athletes, and also assess internal consistency and convergent/divergent validity, and determine discriminative validity relative to current injury status. Methods Data were provided by 1093 elite athletes (males...