Welcome to the latest edition of Horizons. The SEMPRIS team are committed to supporting doctors not only through specialist indemnity but also through open, informative dialogue. We were therefore delighted to support the International Sports Surgery and Medicine Conference in Glasgow last month, as part of Health Partners Group. What a fantastic programme of speakers and discussions it was! Thank you to everyone who came and said “hello”.
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Research, Articles and Podcasts
FEMALE ATHLETES
Training Surface Matters – Sprint interval training on grass, sand, and hard surfaces produces different physical fitness adaptations in collegiate female soccer players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnOblWP-vU
Rethinking Injury Risk – Why injury prevention in sport needs a gender-and sex-specific lens https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/04/24/rethinking-injury-risk-why-injury-prevention-in-sport-needs-a-gender-and-sex-specific-lens/
Injury Prevention – Lower extremity injury prevention in female, woman, and girl athletes https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/05/01/lower-extremity-injury-prevention-in-female-woman-and-girl-athletes/
Cardiomyopathy – Sex differences in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy outcomes in Japan may reflect delayed diagnosis, diagnostic thresholds, and morphological differences https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.125.046708
Pregnancy and Exercise – Effects of supervised exercise during pregnancy on gestational diabetes mellitus and other pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/07/14/bjsports-2026-111586
Imaging in Pregnancy – Quality and safety in medical imaging during pregnancy and lactation — Part 2 https://appliedradiology.com/articles/quality-and-safety-in-medical-imaging-during-pregnancy-and-lactation-part-2
Research – Multidimensional evidence map of sport science and medicine research in highly trained, elite and world-class female athletes: a scoping review https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/07/23/bjsports-2026-111746
GENERAL
Mental Health – International Olympic Committee Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 2 (IOC SMHAT2): development, content validity and feasibility https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/08/06/bjsports-2025-111408
Strength and Conditioning – Contemporary practice in an English Premier League first team https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17479541261457478
Virtual Reality – The effect of sport-specific virtual reality training for soccer players on cognitive performance and related brain processing https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2026.2692300
Mental Health In Tennis – A cross-organisational hybrid summit-Delphi consensus process https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/14/1011
Mental Health Screening – Screening athlete mental health faster without losing accuracy: introducing the AMHS-18 https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/07/03/screening-athlete-mental-health-faster-without-losing-accuracy-introducing-the-amhs-18/
Vestibular-Ocular Motor Assessments – From rehabilitation to performance: reframing vestibular-ocular interventions to optimise sports performance https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/06/17/bjsports-2026-111615
Olfaction and Performance – The smell of dark chocolate could make a leg workout easier, even on an empty stomach https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-dark-chocolate-leg-workout-easier.html
RTP – The Time Course of Injury Risk After Return‑to‑Play in Professional Football (Soccer) https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40279-024-02103-3.pdf
Surgical Infection – Single-use surgical gowns are associated with an increased rate of periprosthetic joint infection https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.108B7.BJJ-2025-0996.R2
Role of the Coach – A qualitative study on stakeholders’ perspectives on injury prevention and management in Senegal (Africa) https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/07/06/i-coach-them-i-treat-them-i-listen-to-them-the-multifaceted-role-of-the-coach-a-qualitative-study-on-stakeholders-perspectives-on-injury-prevention-and-management-in-sen/
IMAGING
AI and CT – Advancing Operational Efficiency in CT with AI https://appliedradiology.com/articles/advancing-operational-efficiency-in-ct-with-ai
Ultrasound-Guided Procedures – In vivo ultrasound characterisation of the tibial nerve at the supramalleolar region https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jfa2.70178
CONCUSSION
Screen Time and Recovery – Post-concussion screen time duration and type and its association with symptom resolution in youth aged 11–17 years https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/06/04/bjsports-2025-110310
Concussion Knowledge – Blowing the whistle on concussion knowledge and education in youth sport referees https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/OAJSM.S324191
FOCUS – A new soccer concussion protocol could make one of the game’s hardest calls much faster https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-soccer-concussion-protocol-game-hardest.html
Tackle Height – Tackle higher or lower? Simulation to evaluate how changing the tackle height would impact the number of concussions and head acceleration events in men’s professional rugby league https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/10/706
CARDIOLOGY
ECG Abnormalities In Athletes – Prevalence and significance of ECG abnormalities in athletes: Data from a multicentre Italian registry https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167527326004304
AF – Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation for atrial fibrillation: Cochrane systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression and trial sequential analysis https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/17/1242Non-coding DNA – The dark genome in cardiovascular medicine https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag514/8729371
MSK
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation – Arthroscopic Bankart repair versus immobilization for a first episode before the age of 25 years https://myorthoevidence.com/AceReport/Show/arthroscopic-bankart-repair-vs-immobilization-for-1st-episode-of-anterior-shoulder-dislocation
Low Back Pain – Conservative treatments for chronic non-specific low back pain: time course network meta-analysis https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/5/1/e001908
Adolescent Lumbar Spondylolysis – Why wait? Immediate physical therapy https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/06/22/why-wait-immediate-physical-therapy-for-adolescent-lumbar-spondylolysis/
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction – Surgical caseload and annual volume influence cartilage treatment strategies https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.12776
The FORCe Study – Longitudinal cohort study of the association between labral pathology and cartilage loss in high-impact athletes https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/06/17/bjsports-2025-110981
Multi-Ligament Knee Injuries – Injury mechanism varies by injury category: Video analysis from the National Football League https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70025
All-Inside Meniscal Repair – Polyether ether ketone versus all-suture anchors: No difference in failure rates at three-follow-up in a retrospective cohort of 2253 patients https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70026
Implant Survival – Uncemented Oxford mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty demonstrates superior long-term implant survival compared to cemented fixation in patients under 60 years https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70163
Fixation Decisions – Lower septic revision rates following cementless compared with cemented robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty using a single implant design https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.108B7.BJJ-2025-1654.R1
Meniscus Tears – Professional soccer athletes: resect or repair? https://www.cartilagejournal.org/article/S2667-2545(22)00013-0/fulltext
Use of TXA – Tranexamic acid lowers transfusions and readmissions in high-risk total knee arthroplasty patients, but neurologic risks remain in patients with seizures or visual disturbances https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ksa.70124
Apophyseal Injuries – Academy Football: Insights from 16,000 Player-Seasons https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2026/07/14/apophyseal-injuries-in-academy-football-insights-from-16000-player-seasons/
Foot and Ankle Injuries – Australian Research Related to Sporting and Musculoskeletal Injuries of the Foot and Ankle: A Bibliometric Analysis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jfa2.70184
Plantar Heel Pain – Physiotherapy management https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955326000585
Calcaneal Fractures – Percutaneous management: evolution, indications, and surgical pearls https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/podiatry/clinical-insights/percutaneous-management-calcaneal-fractures-evolution-indications
RESOURCE ROUND UP
Websites, podcasts and resources you might find useful:
Heart BMJ Podcast: Can exercise lower your risk of AF? https://heartbmj.podbean.com/e/can-exercise-lower-your-risk-of-af/
JSSM Podcast – Can myocardial efficiency, assessed by echocardiography, help predict martial arts performance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7omEn34iz0
JSSM Podcast – Blood flow restriction training improves body composition and athletic performance in youth soccer players but does the arterial occlusion pressure make a difference? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Ow3yT0djg
Case Study – Goalkeeper: 9 weeks ago, heavy impact on football through posterior L shoulder fall whilst diving https://x.com/DrJN_SportsMed/status/2076620819501830298?s=20
Bone & Joint Journal Podcast – Rethinking anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention https://www.buzzsprout.com/225112/episodes/19390586
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Protecting Mental Health in Sport + Exercise Conference – August 17-18th 2026, Colorado Springs https://promiseconference.co.uk/product/promise-2026-delegate-ticket/
Head and Neck Ultrasound Workshop 2026 – 23 September 2026, 08:30 – 16:35, NCVO, London https://www.mybir.org.uk/l/s/community-event
BASEM Annual Conference 2026 – Nov 17 – 18, 2026, Londonhttps://basemconference.co.uk/
Dutch Conference of Sports & Exercise Medicine – Nov 26-27, Rotterdam https://www.sportgeneeskunde.com/dcsem/
The World Congress of Sports Physiotherapy – December 4–5, 2026, Bern https://wcspt.com/
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DISCLAIMER: Horizons is intended as a helpful round-up for members of potentially interesting articles/opinions that have been shared online. SEMPRIS are not qualified to make/infer any clinical judgements, and the inclusion of content, events and resources does not imply endorsement.
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