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Leisure athletes at risk of medical complications: outcomes of pre-participation screening among 15,778 endurance runners - SAFER VII
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
OBJECTIVE: International guidelines for pre-participation screening of masters/leisure athletes to identify those that require medical assessment exist, but have not been implemented in mass-community based sports events. ...
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for South African women with mental illness: Exploring perspectives on pregnancy
(AOSIS, 2018)
INTRODUCTION: Unplanned pregnancy is a community health concern. Research with South African
women revealed the complexities surrounding pregnancy planning. Categorising pregnancies
as either planned or unplanned is ...
Prerace medical screening and education reduce medical encounters in distance road races: SAFER VIII study in 153 208 race starters
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
OBJECTIVES To examine the efficacy and feasibility of an online prerace medical screening and educational intervention programme for reducing medical complications in long-distance races.
METHODS This was an 8-year ...
Modelling the rotation period distribution of M dwarfs in the Kepler field
(Springer Verlag, 2018)
McQuillan et al. (Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.432:1203, 2013) presented 1570 periods P of M dwarf stars in the field of view of the Kepler telescope. It is expected that most of these reflect rotation periods, due to starspots. ...
Factors affecting the enrolment rate of students in Higher Education Institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa
(SAGE, 2018)
The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyse higher education institutions' enrolment and
drop-out rates within the Gauteng province, South Africa. Large-scale secondary data from the General
Household ...
Sport, sex and age increase risk of illness at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games: a prospective cohort study of 51 198 athlete days
(BMJ, 2018)
OBJECTIVETo describe the epidemiology of illness at the
Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games.
METHODS A total of 3657 athletes from 78 countries,
representing 83.5% of all athletes at the Games,
were monitored on the ...
Association between pro-inflammatory alleles and allergic phenotypes in Xhosa adolescents
(Wiley, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Significant differences exist in the prevalence, spectrum, and severity of allergic diseases between developing and developed countries and between subpopulations within single countries. These discrepancies ...
Match injury incidence during the Super Rugby tournament is high: a prospective cohort study over five seasons involving 93 641 player-hours
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence and nature of
injuries in the Super Rugby tournament over a 5-year
period.
METHODS: 482 male professional rugby union players
from six South African teams participating in the ...
The relationship between household sanitation and women’s experience of menstrual hygiene: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Kaduna State, Nigeria
(MDPI, 2018)
Global efforts to improve sanitation have emphasized the needs of women and girls.
Managing menstruation is one such need, yet there is scarce research capturing current practices.
This study investigated the relationships ...
Reproductive health situation in South Africa: Emerging policy issue
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
South Africa is still lagging behind with health outcomes, especially when it comes to accessing treatment,
prevention and care for reproductive health issues despite the significant progress made with regard to
certain ...