In another exciting month of elite sporting action, March brought us the climax of the Six Nations Championship, with unforgettable performances at Twickenham, Murrayfield, the Principality Stadium and beyond. We also witnessed the drama of the ATP and WTA Indian Wells and Miami Open tennis tournaments, the early stages of the Cricket County Championship season, the Formula 1 season gaining momentum, and the high-stakes world of European club football reaching the business end of domestic leagues and cup competitions.
These events, packed with intensity and global scrutiny, continue to test athletes to their absolute limits – and the medical professionals who care for them. But it’s clear from conversations with our members, and our regular reviews of the literature, that advances in sports medicine continue to proceed at pace!
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Research, Articles and Podcasts
GENERAL
Menstrual Cycle – Knowledge, first- and second-hand experiences, personal opinions, and practices of players and staff from elite European women’s football clubs https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24733938.2026.2634312
Menstrual Status Prediction – Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry per cent fat Z-score as a predictor of menstrual status in adolescent and young adult female athletes https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/5/362
Cross-Country Skiers – Effects of 6-day ischaemic preconditioning on adaptations to an altitude training camp https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2026.2637208
Rugby Match Injury – Everything you ‘kneed’ to know about the highest burden match injury in professional men’s rugby union https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/03/13/everything-you-kneed-to-know-about-the-highest-burden-match-injury-in-professional-mens-rugby-union/
Long Covid – Post-exertional malaise and the myth of cardiac deconditioning: rethinking the pathophysiology of long covid https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/8/600
IMAGING
Lateral Ankle X Ray Anatomy https://x.com/radiologistpage/status/2032825761409687560
Relative Arterial Contributions To QT – Higher arterial supply in the distal quadriceps tendon: Results from 7-Tesla quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, histology and high-resolution computed tomography https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70253
MSK
Musculoskeletal Disorders – Cryotherapy in the postoperative care https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/01/23/cryotherapy-in-the-postoperative-care-of-musculoskeletal-disorders/
Frozen Shoulder – Beyond the capsule: an integrated perspective on the wide world of frozen shoulder. A collaborative viewpoint https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41787861/
Large Chondral Lesions – Treatment with an autologous minced cartilage technique and synovial flap leads to superior results compared to matrix associated autologous chondrocyte transplantation technique after 24 months: A controlled clinical trial https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12708
Total Knee Arthroplasty – Patients undergoing robotic arm-assisted total knee arthroplasty have a greater improvement in knee-specific pain but not in function https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.106B5.BJJ-2023-1196.R1
Osteonecrosis – Primary total knee arthroplasty for primary and secondary osteonecrosis https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.108B4.BJJ-2025-0627.R2
HTO Complications – Medial hinge fracture after closing wedge high tibial osteotomy: Proposing a new classification and risk factor analysis of a neglected complication https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70224
Varus Knee – Surgical strategy and complication management of osteotomy around the painful degenerative varus knee: ESSKA Formal Consensus Part II https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12273
Total Knee Arthroplasty – Definition of normal, neutral, deviant and aberrant coronal knee alignment https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12066
Patellar Dislocation Rehab – Supervised versus self-managed rehabilitation for patients with an acute first-time or recurrent patellar dislocation: the Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Post Patellar Dislocation (PRePPeD) external pilot randomised controlled trial and embedded qualitative study https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.108B3.BJJ-2025-0403.R1
Midfoot Arthrodesis – Screw angulation and insertion sequence increase interfragmentary compression when using plates for midfoot arthrodesis: foam-surrogate and cadaveric validation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/24730114251386359
MIS Bunion Correction – Complications of Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery Using a Single-Screw Fixation Technique https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/podiatry/case-report/complications-minimally-invasive-bunion-surgery-using-single-screw
Subtalar Joint Offset – A 3D WBCT measure to distinguish global hindfoot malalignment from isolated subtalar alignment https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10711007251379868
CARDIOLOGY
MI and Gender – Sex differences in outcomes of young adults hospitalised with first myocardial infarction from 2011 to 2022 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.125.046517
Myocarditis And Look-alikes – When the diagnosis matters https://x.com/Heart_BMJ/status/2030751223742157158 https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2026/01/20/heartjnl-2025-326381
CV Screening – Pre-participation cardiovascular screening among NCAA athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/5/379
ESE – Negative exercise stress echocardiography and long-term outcomes: insights from a retrospective cohort study https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2025/12/31/heartjnl-2025-326938
Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction – Prognostic importance of exercise electrocardiography in patients with suspected microvascular disease https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2026/02/13/heartjnl-2025-327173
RESOURCE ROUND-UP
The Soundtrack To Success – How Arsenal and Universal Music Group are innovating to enhance elite athlete health and performance. Ep#580 https://bit.ly/4km7RWy
Player Reflections On Change – 20 years of evolving demands and support in elite football. EP#583 https://bjsmbmj.podbean.com/e/player-reflections-on-change-20-years-of-evolving-demands-and-support-in-elite-football-ep583/
Inspiring Journeys in Sports Medicine – Professor Kari Bø and Professor Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen: – a conversation on women’s health & sports science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lga4Ise7mk
Total Ankle Replacement Specialty Channel https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/podiatry/resource-center/total-ankle-replacement
Infographic. Keep An Eye On Vision After Concussion – Screening tool and procedure for the two most common concussion-related vision disorders: convergence insufficiency and accommodative insufficiency https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/5/388
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Women’s Health Imaging Day 2026 – Friday 15 May 2026, 09:00 – 17:00, 1 America Square, Cavendish Venues https://www.mybir.org.uk/l/s/community-event?language=en_GB&id=a17QC00004MLeRnYAL
Growing Through the Game: Women’s Health Across Life Stages in Football – 21. May – 22. May, 2026, Kristian IVs gate 7, 0164 Oslo, Norway https://growingthroughthegame.com/
The International Conference on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport – 16 – 18 June 2026, Bath https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/the-international-conference-on-injury-and-illness-prevention-in-sport/
The World Congress of Sports Physiotherapy – December 4–5, 2026, Bern https://wcspt.com/
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