Research

Kellie & Lari are actively involved in rowing specific injury and illness research, striving to improve the understanding of sports medicine professionals and the rowing community across the world on how to reduce the impact of injury and illness on rowing training and performance.

Recent relevant publications include:

How do we manage rowing-related low back pain? Podcast on BMJ talk medicine.

Screen Shot 2021-10-04 at 10.29.03 am

2021 consensus statement for prevention and managing low back pain in elite and subelite adult rowers (available to download for free)

Screen Shot 2021-10-04 at 10.27.01 amScreen Shot 2021-10-04 at 10.27.09 am

Clinical management of acute low back pain in elite and subelite rowers: a Delphi study of experienced and expert clinicians

Screen Shot 2021-10-04 at 10.25.10 am

Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis

screen-shot-2020-11-05-at-6.51.01-pmScreen Shot 2020-11-05 at 6.51.09 pm

Analysing and presenting the epidemiology of injury & illness in the Australian Rowing Team across two Olympic cycles [London 2012, Rio 2016] https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/25/bjsports-2019-101402.info

Screen Shot 2020-08-07 at 7.45.00 pmScreen Shot 2020-08-07 at 7.45.05 pm

Investigating and reporting on a case series of all rib bone injuries sustained by Australian Rowing Team athletes in the Rio Olympic cycle.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/01/20/bjsports-2019-101584.abstract Screen Shot 2020-02-16 at 7.58.48 pmScreen Shot 2020-02-16 at 7.58.56 pm

Publishing a paper on the role of early surgical intervention in elite rowers for the management of intersection syndrome in the competition period.
https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000535Screen Shot 2020-02-17 at 3.43.20 pmScreen Shot 2020-02-17 at 3.43.33 pm