Pieter-Henk Boer

Jul 25, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Wayne Derman |Phoebe Runciman |Maaike Maria Eken |Pieter-Henk Boer

X @wderman, @PhoebeRunciman, @MaaikeEken, @CheriBlauwetMD, @jan.lexell, @SportswiseUKCorrection notice This article has been corrected since it published Online First. Affiliation number 11 has been corrected. Contributors WD is guarantor. Funding Funding for this study was provided by the IOC Research Centre South Africa grant and International Paralympic Committee research support. Competing interests WD and MS are associate editors of BJSM IPHP editions.

Feb 28, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Wayne Derman |Phoebe Runciman |Maaike Maria Eken |Pieter-Henk Boer

Twitter @wderman, @PhoebeRunciman, @MaaikeEken, @CheriBlauwetMD, @jan.lexell, @SportswiseUKCorrection notice This article has been corrected since it published Online First. Affiliation number 11 has been corrected. Contributors WD is guarantor. Funding Funding for this study was provided by the IOC Research Centre South Africa grant and International Paralympic Committee research support. Competing interests WD and MS are associate editors of BJSM IPHP editions.

Feb 12, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Wayne Derman |Phoebe Runciman |Maaike Maria Eken |Pieter-Henk Boer

AbstractObjective To describe the epidemiology of injuries and illnesses sustained during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, organised in a closed-loop environment to adhere with COVID-19 restrictions. Methods Injuries and illnesses from all teams were recorded on a daily basis by team medical staff on a web-based form and by local organising committee medical (polyclinic) facilities and venue medical support. Duplicates recorded on both systems were removed.

Jan 29, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Faatima Adam |Wayne Derman |Martin Schwellnus |Pieter-Henk Boer

AbstractObjectives The relationship between sport-related injuries and Para athlete impairment type has not yet been comprehensively studied. This study aimed to describe injury incidence according to athlete impairment type during the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, by sex, age, Games period, chronicity and anatomical area. Methods A combined analysis of 7222 athletes was conducted comprising 101 108 athlete days, using pooled data.

Jun 29, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Pieter-Henk Boer

6 CONCLUSION, LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE STUDIES The use of standardised treadmill tests in adults with Down syndrome is crucial since these individuals have a unique build and physical characteristics (Horvath et al., 2015; Terblanche & Boer, 2013). The results of the current study demonstrated that the use of an additional treadmill incline stage elicited significant increases in various physiological markers and time to exhaustion.