Presenting features of female collegiate sports-related concussion in South Africa: a descriptive analysis - van Tonder R, Kunorozva L, Viviers PL, Derman EW, Brown JC.
BACKGROUND: Sports-related concussion (SRC) is an injury with important implications, especially in collision and contact sports, and has a high symptom burden. Student athletes face particular psychosocial challenges, especially female students with pre-e... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
South African professional Super Rugby players' lived experiences of career-related traumatic injuries: a descriptive phenomenological analysis - Hall TM, Basson PJ, Patricios JS.
BACKGROUND: Historically, non-career-ending traumatic rugby injury (TRI) has been viewed from a predominantly biological perspective. However, dimensional perspectives, such as the biopsychosocial model, have highlighted the need to incorporate psychosocia... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Epidemiology of injuries among U18, U19, U21 and senior elite netball players - Sinclair CJ, Coetzee FF, Schall R.
BACKGROUND: Despite a substantial body of literature on injuries among elite netball players in South Africa, no study reports on the timing and type of injuries and the reason for injuries. OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiology of injuries in U... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Injury prevention knowledge, beliefs, and practices among women's football teams in South Africa - Bakare U, Olivier B, Brandt C, Godlwana L.
BACKGROUND: Numerous factors account for injury prevention or lack thereof in any team setting. With the increasing burden of injuries in women's football [soccer], and limited human resources accessible in sub-Saharan Africa, it is important to investigat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
The pattern of non-contact injuries in a South African professional football team - Swart J, Varekamp C, Greyling J.
BACKGROUND: The incidence, pattern and severity of non-contact injuries in European football [soccer] has been researched extensively. In South African football only two studies have been conducted to date and with disparate outcomes. Further research into... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Injury incidence and burden during senior inter-provincial field hockey tournaments - Pereira N, Burgess TL, Corten L.
BACKGROUND: Field hockey is an Olympic sport played internationally and in which South Africa is a participating nation. It also has its own world cup. Few injury studies have been published on South African field hockey. Research efforts should increase w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news
South Africa: What Next After Shortened TB Treatment Fails in Key Trial?
[spotlight] The current treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) used in South Africa involves a combination of four antibiotics, last for six months, effectively cures TB, and is dirt cheap. Some people, however, find it hard to complete the full six months of treatment - in some cases due to side effects and in other cases because people can feel well again long before the six months are over. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Border Authorities On High Alert Over Cholera
[The Herald] Thupeyo Muleya -- The screening of travellers at Beitbridge Border Post has been intensified following the death of one person due to cholera in South Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Australia Might Be The Most Dominant Team In Sports As Momentum Builds For Women ’s Cricket
The crowd was understandably febrile. You couldn't blame them. Even though South Africa have long been a cricket powerhouse, this was their first World Cup final in cricket. The South African men's team had infamously been paralyzed at numerous World Cups over the years like some twisted hex hung…#southafrica #worldcup #southafrican #worldcups #laurawolvaardt #tablemountain #westindies #meglanning #odiworldcups #t20worldcup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa Finance Chief Cautions on Wider World Bank Mandate
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A global perspective on collision and non-collision match characteristics in male rugby union: comparisons by age and playing standard - Till K, Hendricks S, Scantlebury S, Dalton-Barron N, Gill N, den Hollander S, Kemp S, Kilding AE, Lambert M, Mackreth P, O'Reilly J, Owen C, Spencer K, Stokes K, Tee J, Tucker R, Vaz L, Weaving D, Jones B.
This study quantified and compared the collision and non-collision match characteristics across age categories (i.e. U12, U14, U16, U18, Senior) for both amateur and elite playing standards from Tier 1 rugby union nations (i.e. England, South Africa, New Z... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
South Africa and Nigeria put on anti-money laundering ‘grey-list’
Global watchdog says Africa’s two biggest economies need to do more to fight financial crime#africa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Fallout over power utility CEO ’s graft claims
South Africa’s troubled state-owned power utility Eskom has appointed an interim chief executive after a fallout with its outgoing head over a media interview he gave alleging ongoing corruption at the company linked to the ruling party.#southafricas #eskom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Anti Illicit Funds Task Force Greylists South Africa - South African News Briefs - February 24, 2023
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Anti Illicit Funds Task Force Greylists South Africa - South African News Briefs - February 24, 2023
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
