Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (31)

The influence of training volume on training and match injury risk in elite Scottish rugby union players (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Paul, C., Campbell, T., Yule, S., Walsh, J., Martindale, R., & Palmer, D. (2021, November). The influence of training volume on training and match injury risk in elite Scottish rugby union players. Poster presented at IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport, Monaco

BACKGROUND Training volume has been shown to influence injury risk in elite Rugby Union players. OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of training volume on injury risk in elite Scottish Rugby Union players. DESIGN A prospective, observational... Read More about The influence of training volume on training and match injury risk in elite Scottish rugby union players.

Sports injuries and illnesses at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 1783 athletes from 79 countries (2021)
Journal Article
Palmer, D., Engebretsen, L., Carrard, J., Grek, N., Königstein, K., Maurer, D. J., …Soligard, T. (2021). Sports injuries and illnesses at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 1783 athletes from 79 countries. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(17), 968-974. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-103514

Objective: To describe the injury and illness characteristics among participating athletes during the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games (YOG 2020), 9–22 January 2020. Methods: The daily number of athlete injuries and illnesses were recorded... Read More about Sports injuries and illnesses at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 1783 athletes from 79 countries.

Enduro World Series (EWS) Mountain Biking Injuries: A 2-year Prospective Study of 2010 Riders (2020)
Journal Article
Palmer, D., Florida-James, G., & Ball, C. (2020). Enduro World Series (EWS) Mountain Biking Injuries: A 2-year Prospective Study of 2010 Riders. International Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1320-1116

The sport of Enduro is the newest International Cycling Union sanctioned discipline in mountain biking. There are a number of studies reporting mountain biking injury to date however there are none detailing injuries in Enduro. The aim of the present... Read More about Enduro World Series (EWS) Mountain Biking Injuries: A 2-year Prospective Study of 2010 Riders.

Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018 (2020)
Journal Article
Palmer, D., Cooper, D. J., Emery, C., Batt, M. E., Engebretsen, L., Scammell, B. E., …Budgett, R. (2020). Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(1), 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101772

Objective: Describe the self-reported prevalence and nature of Olympic-career injury and general health and current residual symptoms in a self-selected sample of retired Olympians. Methods: 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries completed a cr... Read More about Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018.

The usage of multidisciplinary physical therapies at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: an observational study (2020)
Journal Article
Grant, M., Steffen, K., & Palmer, D. (2021). The usage of multidisciplinary physical therapies at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: an observational study. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 25(3), 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.06.001

Objective: To describe the usage of physical therapies services –physiotherapy, osteopath, chiropractic, and sports massage –by athletes and non-athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Polyclinic, and across different sports. Methods: Treatments d... Read More about The usage of multidisciplinary physical therapies at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: an observational study.

Monitoring Training & Match Exposure in Elite Scottish Rugby Union (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Paul, C., Campbell, T., Yule, S., & Palmer, D. (2019, September). Monitoring Training & Match Exposure in Elite Scottish Rugby Union. Poster presented at The Edinburgh Sport & Exercise Medicine Conference, Edinburgh

Background:Training and match exposure has been shown to influence injury risk in elite Rugby Union players. Objective: To show how different load-measures can be used to quantify player training and match exposure over a professional Rugby Union... Read More about Monitoring Training & Match Exposure in Elite Scottish Rugby Union.

Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 2914 athletes from 92 countries (2019)
Journal Article
Soligard, T., Palmer, D., Steffen, K., Dias Lopes, A., Grant, M., Kim, D., …Engebretsen, L. (2019). Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 2914 athletes from 92 countries. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53, 1085-1092. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-100236

Objective: To describe the incidence of injuries and illnesses sustained during the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, hosted by PyeongChang on 9-25 February 2018. Methods: We recorded the daily number of athlete injuries and illnesses (1) through the re... Read More about Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 2914 athletes from 92 countries.

Factors associated with pain and osteoarthritis at the hip and knee in Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study (2018)
Journal Article
Cooper, D. J., Scammell, B. E., Batt, M. E., & Palmer, D. (2018). Factors associated with pain and osteoarthritis at the hip and knee in Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098315

Background: As the first step towards prevention of musculoskeletal disease among elite athletes, knowledge of epidemiology and modifiable risk factors is needed. Aim: This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors associated with pain a... Read More about Factors associated with pain and osteoarthritis at the hip and knee in Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study.

Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility (2018)
Journal Article
Cooper, D. J., Scammell, B. E., Batt, M. E., & Palmer, D. (2018). Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(11), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0464-8

Background: The impracticalities and comparative expense of carrying out a clinical assessment is an obstacle in many large epidemiological studies. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a series of electronic self-reported line drawi... Read More about Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility.

Sports injury and illness incidence in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: A prospective study of 11274 athletes from 207 countries (2017)
Journal Article
Soligard, T., Steffen, K., Palmer, D., Alonso, J. M., Bahr, R., Lopes, A. D., …Engebretsen, L. (2017). Sports injury and illness incidence in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: A prospective study of 11274 athletes from 207 countries. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(17), 1265-1271. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097956

Objective: To describe the pattern of injuries and illnesses sustained during the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, hosted by Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August2016. Methods: We recorded the daily occurrence of athlete injuries and illnesses (1) through... Read More about Sports injury and illness incidence in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: A prospective study of 11274 athletes from 207 countries.

Preventative risk factors for osteoarthritis in Great Britain's Olympians (2017)
Journal Article
Cooper, D., Batt, M., Scammell, B., & Palmer-Green, D. (2017). Preventative risk factors for osteoarthritis in Great Britain's Olympians. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(4), 308. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097372.64

Background: Relatively little is known about the risk factors associated with osteoarthritis (OA) in Olympic athletes. As the first step towards prevention, knowledge of preventative/modifiable risk factors are needed. Objective: To examine injury... Read More about Preventative risk factors for osteoarthritis in Great Britain's Olympians.

Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (2016)
Journal Article
Cooper, D. J., Scammell, B. E., Batt, M. E., & Palmer-Green, D. (2016). Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24(Sup. 1), S218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.421

Purpose: Individuals with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) are reported, in the clinical setting, to be at greater risk of developing musculoskeletal related joint pain, joint dislocations and tendinopathies. It is hypothesized that impaired sta... Read More about Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis.

The prevalence and factors associated with knee pain in Great Britain's Olympians aged 40 years and older. (2016)
Journal Article
Palmer-Green, D., Scammell, B., Cooper, D., Cooper, D., Scammell, B. E., Batt, M., & Palmer-Green, D. (2016). The prevalence and factors associated with knee pain in Great Britain's Olympians aged 40 years and older. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24(Sup.1), S212-S213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.413

Purpose: affecting approximately one in four adults over the age of 40 years in the UK, knee pain is the most common presenting feature of osteoarthritis (OA). Despite the plethora of studies that have investigated the factors associated with the ons... Read More about The prevalence and factors associated with knee pain in Great Britain's Olympians aged 40 years and older..

Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses (2015)
Book Chapter
Palmer-Green, D. (2015). Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses. In ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine (1-4). (4th). Wiley

OVERVIEW • Sports injury and illness epidemiology research is continuing to grow • Study design and methods can influence the conclusions made • The definition of injury/illness, and rate and severity indices should be appropriate to the cohort... Read More about Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses.

Boxing injury epidemiology in the Great Britain team: a 5-year surveillance study of medically diagnosed injury incidence and outcome (2015)
Journal Article
Loosemore, M., Lightfoot, J., Palmer-Green, D., Gatt, I., Bilzon, J., & Beardsley, C. (2015). Boxing injury epidemiology in the Great Britain team: a 5-year surveillance study of medically diagnosed injury incidence and outcome. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(17), 1100-1107. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-094755

Objectives: there has been no comprehensive injury report of elite-level amateur boxers in competition and training. We reviewed injuries in training and competition in the Great Britain (GB) amateur boxing squad between 2005 and 2009. Methods:... Read More about Boxing injury epidemiology in the Great Britain team: a 5-year surveillance study of medically diagnosed injury incidence and outcome.