Publications

(2024). Twenty Year Analysis of Professional Men’s Rugby Union Knee Injuries from The English Premiership Shows High Rates and Burden. British Journal of Sports Medicine, Online First, doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108639.

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(2024). Associations Between Growth, Maturation, and Injury in Youth Athletes Engaged in Elite Pathways: A Scoping Review. BJSM, In Press, doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108233.

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(2024). Effect of high-intensity interval training on cardiometabolic component risks in persons with paraplegia: results of a randomized controlled trial. Experimental Physiology, In Press, DOI: 10.1113/EP091803.

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(2024). The Efficacy of 12-week Progressive Home-Based Strength and Tai-Chi Exercise Snacking in Older Adults: A Mixed-Method Exploratory Randomised Control Trial. The Journal of Frailty & Aging, In Press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2024.32.

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(2024). Injury in starting and replacement players from five professional men’s rugby unions: Starter and replacement injuries in professional rugby union. Sports Medicine, In Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-024-02014-3.

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(2024). Estimating Maturity Status in Elite Youth Soccer Players: Evaluation of Methods. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, In Press, DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003405.

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(2024). A similar injury profile observed in franchise men’s and women’s cricket in England and Wales: Injury surveillance analysis from the first three ‘The Hundred’ competitions. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, In Press, DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001815.

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(2024). Injury incidence, severity and type across the menstrual cycle in female footballers: a prospective three season cohort study. MSSE, In Press, doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003391.

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(2023). Injury incidence and burden differ between season phases in male academy football (soccer) players. Journal of Sports Sciences, In Press, DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2296719.

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(2023). Annual Incidence and Prevalence of Injuries in Elite Male Academy Cricketers: A 4-Year Prospective Cohort Study . JSAMS Plus, In Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100050.

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(2023). Adding confidence to our injury burden estimates: is bootstrapping the solution?. BJSM, 58, pp. 57-58, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-107496.

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(2023). Moving beyond P-values in The Journal of Physiology: A primer on the value of effect sizes and confidence intervals. Journal of Physiology, In Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.1113/JP285575.

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(2023). Can we reduce injury risk during the adolescent growth spurt? An iterative sequence of prevention in male academy footballers. Annals of Human BiologyIn Press, doi: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2261854.

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(2023). Incidence of concussion in men’s super league, championship, and academy rugby league matches between 2016 and 2022. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.09.001.

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(2023). Sport-related major trauma incidence in young people and adults in England and Wales: a national registry-based study . Injury Prevention, In Press, doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-044887.

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(2023). English men's domestic cricket injury risk by activity and cricket type: a retrospective cohort study from 2010 to 2019. JSAMS, In Press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.07.013.

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(2023). English Academy Football Practitioners' Perceptions of Training Load, Maturation, and Injury Risk: A Club Case Study. IJSSC, Online First, doi: 10.1177/17479541231188071.

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(2023). The combined effects of growth and maturity status on injury risk in an elite football academy. Biology of Sport, In Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.129472.

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(2023). Professional male rugby union players’ perceived psychological recovery and physical regeneration during the off-season. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, In Press.

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(2022). A longitudinal study of six seasons of match injuries in elite women’s rugby union. BJSM, In Press, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105831.

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(2022). The influence of match exposure on injury risk in elite men's rugby union. JSAMS, In Press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2022.10.016.

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(2022). The incidence and burden of injury in male adolescent community rugby union in Australia. Science and Medicine in Football, In press, doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2123556.

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(2022). The Influence of playing surface on match injury risk in men's professional rugby union in England (2013-2019). SJMSS, In Press, doi: 10.1111/sms.14226.

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(2022). How much training do English male academy players really do? Load inside and outside of a football academy. IJSSC, In Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221101847.

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(2022). The incidence and burden of injuries in elite English youth female soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football , In Press, doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2051730.

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(2022). The influence of exposure, growth and maturation on injury risk in male academy football players. JSS, In Press, doi: 10.1080/02640414.2022.2051380.

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(2022). Rehearsal and Performance Volume in Professional Ballet: A Five-Season Cohort Study. Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, In Press, doi:.

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(2022). Training Load, Maturity Timing and Future National Team Selection in National Youth Basketball Players. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 7, (21), pp. 1-11, doi: 10.3390/jfmk7010021.

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(2022). Hamstring injuries in England and Wales elite men’s domestic cricket from 2010 to 2019. JSAMS, In Press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2022.02.001.

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(2022). Affecting effects on affect: the impact of protocol permutations on affective responses to sprint interval exercise; a systematic review and meta-analysis of pooled individual participant data. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living , In Press, doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.815555.

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(2021). A multidimensional approach to identifying the physical qualities of male English regional academy rugby union players; considerations of position, chronological age, relative age and maturation. EJSS, In press, doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.2023658.

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(2021). Subjective measures of workload and sleep in Australian Army recruits; Potential utility as monitoring tools. Military Medicine, In press, doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab551.

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(2021). Injuries in Elite Men’s Rugby Union: An Updated (2012–2020) Meta‑Analysis of 11,620 Match and Training Injuries. Sports Medicine, In Press, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01603-w.

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(2021). Longitudinal changes in Super League match locomotor and event characteristics: A league-wide investigation over three seasons in rugby league. PLos ONE, In press, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260711.

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(2021). The impact of COVID-19 related disruption on injury rates in elite men’s domestic cricket. IJSM, In Press.

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(2021). Return to competitive gymnastics training in the UK following the first COVID-19 national lockdown. SJMSS, In Press, doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14063.

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(2021). Comparing critical speed modelling approaches and exploring relationships with match-play variables in elite male youth soccer players. SAJSM, In Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a9738.

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(2021). A similar injury profile observed in franchise men’s and women’s cricket in England and Wales: Injury surveillance analysis from the first three ‘The Hundred’ competitions.. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10:e001815, doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001815.

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(2021). The influence of growth and training loads on injury risk in competitive trampoline gymnasts. Journal of Sports Sciences, Ahead of Print, doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1948259.

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(2021). Summated Training and Match Load Predictors of Salivary Immunoglobulin-A, Alpha-Amylase, Testosterone, Cortisol and T:C Profile Changes in Elite-Level Professional Football Players: A Longitudinal Analysis. EJSS, In Press, doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1949638.

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(2021). Dance Exposure, Individual Characteristics, and Injury Risk over Five Seasons in a Professional Ballet Company. MSSE, In Press, doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002725.

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(2021). Training and match load in professional rugby union: Do contextual factors influence the training week?. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 33(1), pp. 1-6, doi: https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a9509.

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(2021). Detecting injury risk factors with algorithmic models in elite women’s pathway cricket. International Journal of Sports Medicine, In Press, DOI: 10.1055/a-1502-6824.

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(2021). Injury Epidemiology in Professional Ballet: A Five-Season Prospective Study of 1596 Medical Attention Injuries and 543 Time-Loss Injuries. BJSM, In Press, doi:10.1136/bjsports-2020-103817.

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(2021). Resting skeletal muscle ATGL and CPT1b are associated with peak fat oxidation rates in men and women but do not explain observed sex-differences: Molecular markers of peak fat oxidation. Experimental Physiology, 106, pp. 1-16, doi: 10.1113/EP089431.

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(2021). Determinants of Peak Fat Oxidation Rates During Cycling in Healthy Men and Women. IJSNEM, In Press, DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.2020-0262.

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(2021). “You come up with different theories every year”: Practitioner perceptions of injury risk factors and player monitoring practices in elite men’s domestic cricket. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, In Press, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1747954121990354.

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(2021). The effects of travel on performance: A 13-year analysis of the National Rugby League (NRL). Science and Medicine in Football, Ahead of Print, doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1876243.

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(2021). Part 2 of the 11+ as an effective home-based exercise programme in elite academy football (soccer) players. Science and Medicine in Football, Ahead of Print, doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1874616.

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(2020). Padded headgear does not reduce incidence of concussions in professional men’s rugby union. IJSM, Ahead of Print, DOI: 10.1055/a-1345-9163.

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(2020). Coach Awareness, Knowledge and Practice in Relation to Growth and Maturation, and Training Load in Competitive, Young Gymnasts. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(3), pp. 528-543, doi: 10.1177/1747954120978486.

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(2020). Training load and injury risk in elite Rugby Union: The largest investigation to date. IJSM, Ahead of Print, doi: 10.1055/a-1300-2703.

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(2020). Salivary Immunoendocrine and Self-Report Monitoring Profiles Across an Elite-Level Professional Football Season. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53(5), pp. 918-927, DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002553.

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(2020). The epidemiology of kicking injuries in professional Rugby Union: A 15-season prospective study. SJMSS, 30(9), pp. 1739-1747, https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13737.

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(2020). Trends in match injury risk in professional male rugby union—a 16-season review of 10 851 match injuries in the English Premiership (2002-2019): The Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project. British Journal of Sports Medicine, Online First, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102529.

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(2020). Training load, injury burden, and team success in professional rugby union: risk versus reward. Journl of Athletic Training, 55(9), pp. 1-7, doi: https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0387.19.

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(2020). Large reductions in match play physical performance variables across a professional football season with control for situational and contextual variables. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2, pp. 1-11, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.570937.

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(2020). Negative association between injuries and team success in professional cricket: A 9-year prospective cohort analysis. JSMS, 24(2), pp. 141-145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2020.07.007.

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(2020). Monitoring the heart rate variability responses to training loads in competitive swimmers using a smartphone application and the Banister Impulse-Response model. IJSPP, In Press.

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(2020). Prior workload has moderate effects on high-intensity match performance in elite-level professional football players when controlling for situational and contextual variables. Journal of Sports Sciences, In Press, https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1778355.

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(2020). Injury and player availability in Women’s International Pathway cricket from 2015 to 2019. IJSM, 23(9), pp. 836-840, https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1192-5670.

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(2020). The day-to-day reliability of peak fat oxidation and FATMAX: Reliability of peak fat oxidation and FATMAX. EJAP, 120(8), pp. 1745-1759, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04397-3.

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(2020). Serious sports-related injury in England and Wales from 2012-2017: A study protocol. Injury Epidemiology, 7(1), pp. 1-10.

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(2020). Injuries in England and Wales Elite Men’s Domestic Cricket: A nine season review from 2010 to 2018. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, In Press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2020.03.009.

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(2020). Patterns of training volume and injury risk in elite rugby union: an analysis of 1.5 million hours of training exposure over eleven seasons. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(3), pp. 238-247, https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1692415.

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(2020). Injury Surveillance During Competitive Functional Fitness Racing Events. IJES, 13(6), pp. 197-205, https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijes/vol13/iss6/4.

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(2020). Individualising training in swimming: Evidence for utilising the critical speed and critical stroke rate concepts. IJSPP, In Press, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0546.

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(2020). Bowling loads and injury risk in first class county cricket: Is ‘differential load’ an alternative to the acute-to-chronic workload ratio?. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23(6), pp. 569-573, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2020.01.004.

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(2019). Variability in exercise physiology: Can capturing intra-individual variation help better understand true inter-individual responses?. European Journal of Sport Science, 20(4), pp. 452-460, https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2019.1655100.

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(2019). Time-related changes in quality of life in persons with lower limb amputation or spinal cord injury: Protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 8(1), pp. 191-197, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1108-3.

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(2019). Growing Pains: Maturity Associated Variation in Injury Risk in Academy Football. EJSS, 20, (4), pp. 544-552, doi: 10.1080/17461391.2019.1633416.

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(2019). Athlete monitoring in rugby union: Is heterogeneity in data capture holding us back?. Sports, 7(5), pp. 98-107, https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7050098.

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(2019). Demarcating exercise intensity domains in freestyle swimming: Is there an alternative to incremental step sest and beats below HRmax method?. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, (00), 00, pp. 1-10.

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(2019). The peak duration-specific locomotor demands and concurrent collision frequencies of European Super League rugby. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(3), pp. 322-330, https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1500425.

(2019). The epidemiology of concussion in professional rugby union in Ireland. Physical Therapy in Sport, 35, pp. 99-105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.11.010.

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(2019). Effects of consecutive domestic and international tournaments on heart rate variability in an elite rugby sevens team. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(5), pp. 616-621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.11.022.

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(2019). Association of daily workload, wellness, and injury and illness during tours in international cricketers. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 14(3), pp. 369-377, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2018-0315.

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(2018). Validity and reliability of the 3-minute all-out test in national and international competitive swimmers. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 13(9), pp. 1190-1198, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2018-0018.

(2018). The physical characteristics of specific phases of play during rugby union match play. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 13(10), pp. 1331-1336, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2017-0625.

(2018). Modelling the HRV response to training loads in elite rugby sevens players. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 17(3), pp. 402-408.

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(2018). Juvenile bovine bone is an appropriate surrogate for normal and reduced density human bone in biomechanical testing: A validation study. Scientific Reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28155-w.

(2018). Injury risk-workload associations in NCAA American college football. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21(12), pp. 1215-1220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.05.019.

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(2018). High acute:chronic workloads are associated with injury in England and Wales Cricket Board Development Programme fast bowlers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21(1), pp. 40-45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2017.07.009.

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(2018). Establishing the reliability and limits of meaningful change of lower limb strength and power measures during seated leg press in elite soccer players. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 17(4), pp. 539-546.

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(2018). Does the reliability of reporting in injury surveillance studies depend on injury definition?. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 6(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967118760536.

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(2017). The influence of playing experience and position on injury risk in NCAA division I college football players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12(10), pp. 1297-1304, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0803.

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(2017). The effect of clinical pilates on functional movement in recreational runners. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 38(10), pp. 776-780, https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-111893.

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(2017). Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: A case-control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097912.

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(2017). Subsequent injuries and early recurrent diagnoses in elite Rugby Union players. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 38(10), pp. 791-798, https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-114862.

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(2017). Response. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(11), pp. 2363, https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001365.

(2017). Reducing musculoskeletal injury and concussion risk in schoolboy rugby players with a pre-activity movement control exercise programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(15), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097434.

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(2017). Rates and risk factors of injury in CrossFit: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 57(9), pp. 1147-1153, https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06827-4.

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(2017). Patellar tendinopathy and potential risk factors: An international database of cases and controls. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 27(5), pp. 468-474, https://doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000397.

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(2017). Monitoring what matters: A systematic process for selecting training-load measures. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12, pp. 101-106, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0337.

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(2017). How much rugby is too much? A seven-season prospective cohort study of match exposure and injury risk in professional Rugby Union players. Sports Medicine, 47(11), pp. 2395-2402, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0721-3.

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(2017). Heart rate variability is a moderating factor in the workload-injury relationship of competitive CrossFit athletes. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 16(4), pp. 443-449.

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(2017). Energy balance components in persons with paraplegia: Daily variation and appropriate measurement duration. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0590-z.

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(2017). Effect of number of sprints in an SIT session on change in VO2max: A meta-analysis. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(6), pp. 1147-1156, https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001204.

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(2017). Better way to determine the acute: Chronic workload ratio?. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(3), pp. 209-210, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096589.

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(2016). Time loss injuries compromise team success in Elite Rugby Union: A 7-year prospective study. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50(11), pp. 651-656, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-094798.

(2016). The influence of in-season training loads on injury risk in professional rugby union. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 11(3), pp. 350-355, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2015-0187.

(2016). The influence of an artificial playing surface on injury risk and perceptions of muscle soreness in elite Rugby Union. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 26(1), pp. 101-108, https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12402.

(2013). A meta-analysis of injuries in senior men's professional Rugby Union. Sports Medicine, 43(10), pp. 1043-1055, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-013-0078-1.

(2012). Kinesio taping in treatment and prevention of sports injuries: A meta-analysis of the evidence for its effectiveness. Sports Medicine, 42(2), pp. 153-164, https://doi.org/10.2165/11594960-000000000-00000.

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(2011). A review of football injuries on third and fourth generation artificial turfs compared with natural turf. Sports Medicine, 41(11), pp. 903-923, https://doi.org/10.2165/11593190-000000000-00000.