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ANALYSING INJURY AND PERFORMANCE RISKS IN THE NFL

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

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ELITE FOOTBALL INJURY AUDIT

CUSTOMERS, INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH, Soccer / By / September 6, 2021

ELITE FOOTBALL 2017 INJURY AUDIT The 2017 Injury Audit examines the results of two elite football teams that have been using the Kitman Labs Athlete Optimization System for at least 2 full seasons. The aim of the report is to look for trends within the data sets in order to help us better understand our …

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New findings suggest risk factors for hamstring injuries are more flexible than previously thought

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

New findings suggest risk factors are more flexible than previously thought Overview Hamstring injuries are a common injury risk in most field sports. The complexity from the dual-demands on the muscle, where actions are either hip-dominant or knee-dominant, has often caused researchers to contradict each other, leaving an incomplete consensus on the risk factors to screen …

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PERFORMANCE DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN?

CUSTOMERS, INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

PERFORMANCE DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN? SUMMARY This step by step guide outlines how easy it is to link the data you are collecting back to team performance and injury history. In particular, the analysis of performance data of other winning teams can be key to understanding and shaping the pathway to …

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LOWER BACK PAIN IN CRICKET BOWLERS

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

INJURY IN CRICKET Epidemiological studies undertaken in Australia, South Africa, England and the West Indies have repeatedly demonstrated that fast bowlers have the highest risk of injury in cricket with the lower back being most susceptible to both traumatic and overuse injuries (Glazier, 2010). INJURY RISK FACTORS IN CRICKET The high prevalence of injury amongst …

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DREAM OF AN INJURY FREE TEAM – IS SLEEP MONITORING THE ANSWER?

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

Download this article in PDF format here.  It’s no surprise that sleep is an important consideration, not only to athletes, but also to the working individual. The function of sleep for overall health, learning new skills, and recovery has been well established; and a large amount of research has been carried out to investigate the effects …

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SLEEP MONITORING: CRITICAL? OR A SNOOZEFEST?

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

Written by Kitman Labs Head of Research, Susan Giblin, PhD. Download this article in PDF format here.  Download the infographic for this article here. INTRODUCTION Sleep–waking cycles are fundamental in human circadian rhythms and their disruption can have consequences for behaviour and performance. Athletes often have low sleep quality and quantity. Insufficient sleep among athletes may be due …

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NBA INSIGHTS: USING DATA TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

Written by Kitman Labs Performance Scientist, Andy Shelton. Download this article in PDF format here.  Kitman Labs works with a number of basketball teams at the professional and collegiate level. In this article we summarise some of our latest findings, focusing on 2 areas: 1. The assessment and enhancement of performance, and 2. The assessment and mitigation …

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF KITMAN LABS UNITY DEVELOPER, DAVID KELLY

Opinion / By / September 6, 2021

David joined our Dublin office just over 7 months ago. He was looking for a change from his Lead Games Developer role in one of Dublin’s most renowned gaming companies. We had a chat with David to find out what makes his job here so interesting:    David, what are you working on in Kitman …

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Practical A:C Ratio

INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH / By / September 6, 2021

Workload & injury monitoring in practice To ensure that workloads are managed appropriately in the field, coaches often rely on setting thresholds to indicate when a player may be at risk of injury. Typically, these thresholds are informed by coaches knowledge, experience, scientific research or a combination of all three. However, to date it has …

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