Do five screening tools identify the same number of runners who require pre-exercise medical clearance?

Posted on May 12, 2023

Recently researchers at SEMLI published their findings comparing five international screening tools that are recommended to identify individuals who require pre-exercise medical clearance to reduce the risk of medical encounters during exercise.

Risk factors associated with gradual onset running-related injuries

Posted on May 12, 2023

In a recently published study SEMLI researchers aimed to determine if selected risk factors (age, sex, training variables, chronic disease and allergies) are associated with a history of gradual onset running-related injuries in 90- km ultramarathon race.

Symptom number and reduced pre-infection training predict prolonged return to training after SARS-CoV-2 in athletes

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

Diagnostic approach to lower airway dysfunction in athletes

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...

A history of chronic diseases and allergies is associated with patellofemoral pain in cyclists.

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...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on acute respiratory illness in athletes

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

16km running race found to have 4 x higher incidence of serious/life threatening medical encounters

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

SEMLI researcher featured in SA MRC News

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