Posted on February 03, 2023
Researchers at the UP Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and collaborators engaged in a study to determine if selected factors are predictive of prolonged return to training in athletes with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection. Read more here
Posted on February 02, 2023
The IOC consensus subgroup on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’, of which UP SEMLI researchers are a part, recently published a review comparing the performance of various diagnostic bronchoprovocation test in the assessment of lower airway dysfunction in athletes in order to...
Posted on February 01, 2023
Patellofemoral pain is a common cycling-related injury, and in order to create effective prevention programs, independent risk factors associated with or causing patellofemoral pain need to be identified. Recent research published by researchers in the UP Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle...
Posted on October 01, 2022
Researchers at UP's SEMLI, with collaborators in the Netherlands, documented the incidence of medical encounters during the 2017 – 2019, 10 mile (16.1km) Dam tot Damloop race. Read more here
Posted on October 01, 2022
The Director of UP SEMLI, Prof Martin Schwellnus, lead a team of international collaborators in formulating an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus Statement on acute respiratory illness in athletes. Read more here
Posted on September 20, 2022
Dr Carolette Snyders, a Sports Medicine Physician and Clinical PhD Fellow at SEMLI awarded SAMRC Clinicians Researcher Programme scholarship. Read more from the SA MRC here
Posted on July 14, 2022
A recent study aimed to develop a clinical decision aid for clinicians to screen for increased injury risk in trail runners. Read more here
Posted on July 06, 2022
A study, recently published by researchers at the UP Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), aimed to describe the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in professional rugby players as they return to competition during a pandemic. Read more here
Posted on June 15, 2022
A sub-group of the International Olympic Committee Consensus Group of Acute Respiratory Illness in the Athlete, of which researchers from SEMLI (UP’s Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute) are a part, conducted a systematic review aimed at determining the short- and longer-term...
Posted on June 15, 2022
Researchers from the University of Pretoria’s Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and the SA Medical Research Council (SA MRC) recently published their investigations into risk factors that are predictive of runners with multiple injuries.
Posted on May 20, 2022
A sub-group of the IOC Consensus Group on “respiratory illness in the athlete” conducted a systematic review to publish the latest evidence around environmental conditions known to be associated with non-infective acute respiratory illness in athletes.
Posted on March 14, 2022
SEMLI researchers are part of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus Group on Acute Respiratory Illness in the Athlete. They have recently published 3 Reviews detailing different aspects of acute respiratory illness. Read more here
Posted on January 13, 2022
A living systematic review, recently published by SEMLI researchers and collaborators, identified intrinsic and extrinsic factors that are associated with significantly higher injury risk in trail running. Read more here
Posted on January 03, 2022
Despite the positive health benefits of running and outdoor activities, trail running has a high risk of injury. A study recently published by researchers at UP and SEMLI aimed to determine the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and associated injury risk factors among trail runners. Read...
Posted on December 01, 2021
A recently published study conducted by researchers at UP’s Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) explored whether there are risk factors that could predict those runners at higher risk of multiple injuries in a year. Read more here
Posted on December 01, 2021
In a recently published study, data from pre-race questions and race-day medical encounters were collected from Comrades Marathon race entrants to determine the prevalence of self-reported chronic medical conditions and allergies, and to explore if these are associated with an increased risk of...
Posted on November 01, 2021
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) Consensus Group on “acute respiratory illness in the athlete” published a systematic review and meta-analysis in which they reported the prevalence of lower airway dysfunction in athletes. Read more here
Posted on November 01, 2021
This review provides the sport and exercise medicine physician with a clinical approach to the diagnosis and management of common nasal conditions that can cause nasal obstruction, ultimately leading to improved athlete health and better sports performance.
Posted on November 01, 2021
A systematic review with a meta-analysis was recently undertaken to determine the effects of acute respiratory illness on return to sport in athletes. Read more here
Posted on October 01, 2021
Gastrointestinal illness-related medical encounters rank among the top four organ systems affected during distance running, and can range in severity from mild to debilitating. If the risk factors related to the incidence of these Gastrointestinal illness-related medical encounters were known, it...
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