As we prepare for the festive break, we’re taking a moment to pause and reflect on a very busy year!
Proud of our reputation as a client-focussed sports-specialist, we were excited to join Specialist Risk Group, enabling us to strengthen our unique ecosystem of healthcare, risk governance and performance solutions for elite sport.
We were delighted to see many of you at this year’s BASEM 2025 Annual Conference. From concussion to paralympic politics, we very much enjoyed listening to the insightful presentations by our members.
We look forward to another fantastic year of elite sport, supported by the sport medicine professionals who play such a vital role in looking after athlete health, performance, and recovery.
If you have some time for reading over the Christmas period, here’s our round-up of key insights, articles, and updates that caught our attention last month. Do let us know if there’s an event you would like us to include in the next edition, or any vacancies you might wish us to highlight.
Research, Articles and Podcasts
MSK
Shoulder Arthroplasty – Effect of the patient-specific instrumentation guidance on the accurate positioning of the baseplate and screws in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12781
Biceps Femoris – T-junction injuries: bridging the gap between expert opinion and evidence-based practice https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/24/bjsports-2025-110012
Medial Meniscus Root Tears – Deep medial collateral ligament plays a stabilising role under degenerative medial meniscus root tears
https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12610
Medial Meniscus Root Tears – Centralisation for reducing medial meniscal extrusion after root tear repair appears effective but is technique-dependent https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.107B11.BJJ-2025-0018.R2
Ligament Repairs – Impact of tear morphology and meniscal laterality on repair failure in stable knees: Medial repairs show over twofold risk https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70166
Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome – Physiotherapy and exercise therapy after surgical treatment: a clinical commentary https://ijspt.scholasticahq.com/article/146239-physiotherapy-and-exercise-therapy-after-surgical-treatment-of-femoroacetabular-impingement-syndrome-a-clinical-commentary-from-the-qkg-society-for
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury – Boosting the clinical use of ground reaction forces in prevention: The ‘CUTtheACL’ study https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70017
Patellar Instability – Comparison of double bundle semitendinosus technique and pedicled quadriceps technique https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12619
Knee Arthroplasty – Cemented mobile-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty provides long-term implant survival and sustained functional performance in young and active patients aged 60 or below https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12703
Foot or Ankle Osteoarthritis – Retired footballers with foot or ankle injuries may face higher risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/retired-footballers-foot-or-ankle-injuries-may-face-higher-2025a1000tr8
Talar Osteochondral Lesions – Immediate postoperative weightbearing following arthroscopic bone marrow stimulation: a matched cohort study https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10711007251348196
CARDIOLOGY
Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest – A video analysis of presenting features, management and outcomes https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/24/bjsports-2025-110275
2025 International Summit on ECG Interpretation in Athletes https://youtu.be/vn6lbLBYX70?si=lAjuSpCLD8YkcWOZ
GENERAL
Doping – Mobile app review for the canned-beverage sorting task: an online assessment tool for athletes’ accuracy in avoiding unintentional doping https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2025/11/07/mobile-app-review-for-the-canned-beverage-sorting-task-an-online-assessment-tool-for-athletes-accuracy-in-avoiding-unintentional-doping/
Elite Women’s Golf – Reflections on shadowing a sports and exercise medicine doctor https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2025/10/31/inside-the-ropes-a-clinical-perspective-from-the-2025-scottish-womens-open/
British Basketball – Epidemiology of injuries: a retrospective cross-sectional study https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/4/e002346
Female Basketball – Flywheel vs Barbell Training https://youtu.be/DxsTOryVJ40?si=8XNdnzp4OJ3_Vtbc
Menstrual Cycle Phase – Can it impact sports performance? https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2025/11/03/can-the-menstrual-cycle-phase-impact-sports-performance/
Elite Female Football – Auditing the representation of elite female players in football performance and injury research https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24733938.2025.2577442
RTP – Return to play time for the 30 most common injuries in the UEFA women’s elite club injury study https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/4/e002724
Menstrual Cycle Tracking – UEFA consensus statement on women’s football https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/3/e002769
Olympic Injuries – How common are injuries and illnesses during the Olympic, Youth Olympic and Paralympic Games, and who is most affected? https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2025/10/27/how-common-are-injuries-and-illnesses-during-the-olympic-youth-olympic-and-paralympic-games-and-who-is-most-affected/
360 Video – Testing the validity of 360-video for analysing visual exploratory activity in soccer https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2025.2580838
Heading – Quantification of heading in adult football: a systematic review and evidence synthesis https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/28/bjsports-2024-109462
AI – Dr. Brian Cole on AI’s role in sports injury prevention https://www.beckersspine.com/orthopedic/dr-brian-cole-on-ais-role-in-sports-injury-prevention/
Fracture Repair – From body fat to bone, experiment offers hope for ‘gentle’ repair of fractures https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-body-fat-bone-gentle-fractures.html
IMAGING
PLAC Injuries – Correlation between a 3-step MRI Assessment and surgical findings in classifying pyramidalis–anterior pubic ligament–adductor longus complex (PLAC) injuries in 161 athletes https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/40952171/Correlation_Between_a_3-Step_MRI_Assessment_and_Surgical_Findings_in_Classifying_Pyramidalis-Anterior_Pubic_Ligament-Adductor_Longus_Complex_(PLAC)_Injuries_in_161_Athletes:_Validation_of_Application_of_the_PLAC_Classification_System.
RESOURCE ROUND-UP
“Lofoten Legends” with Professors Derman and Schwellnus: Inspiring Journeys in Sports Medicine https://youtu.be/t9zvr9Wnrlc?si=PoGt48dwmzEy4M93
How The Brain Impacts The Heart – Lessons from ischaemic stroke and other neurological disorders https://heartbmj.podbean.com/e/how-the-brain-impacts-the-heart-lessons-from-ischaemic-stroke-and-other-neurological-disorders/
Road to FAIR – Where are all the female, woman and girl athletes? https://x.com/bjsm_bmj/status/1986183020676546890?s=12
SEM AROUND THE WORLD … BELGIUM https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopensem/2022/04/13/sem-around-the-world-belgium/
CPD: PROFAS 2026: Practice-ready orthopaedic foot & ankle series https://www.orthomedia.org.uk/Course/PROFAS_2026%3a_Practice-Ready_Orthopaedic_Foot_Ankle_Series/431306ab-2981-4b30-b51d-facde582723d
CPD: Limb Reconstruction – A Masterclass on Contemporary Management Techniques Webinar Series 2026-2027 https://www.orthomedia.org.uk/Course/Limb_Reconstruction%3a_A_Masterclass_on_Contemporary_Management_Techniques_Webinar_Series_2026-2027/a340476d-f963-4aef-a6dd-a10efc122942
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