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Pedro Branco
Publications - 27
Citations - 857
Pedro Branco is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Athletes & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 24 publications receiving 649 citations.
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Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): Consensus statement
Toomas Timpka,Juan-Manuel Alonso,Jenny Jacobsson,Astrid Junge,Pedro Branco,Ben Clarsen,Jan Kowalski,Margo Mountjoy,Margo Mountjoy,Sverker Nilsson,Babette M Pluim,P Renström,P Renström,Ola Ronsen,Kathrin Steffen,Pascal Edouard +15 more
TL;DR: This consensus statement provides definitions and methodological guidance for epidemiological studies in Athletics to define health-related incidents (injuries and illnesses) and the criteria for recording their nature, cause and severity.
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Muscle injury is the principal injury type and hamstring muscle injury is the first injury diagnosis during top-level international athletics championships between 2007 and 2015
TL;DR: During international athletics championships, muscle injury is the principal type of injury, and among those, the hamstring is the most commonly affected, with a two times higher risk in male than female athletes.
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Injuries in 13 international Athletics championships between 2007-2012.
TL;DR: The incidence of injuries varied substantially between different types of Athletics championships and between discipline categories, and special attention should be paid to combined events, running disciplines and (thigh) strain.
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Sex differences in injury during top-level international athletics championships: surveillance data from 14 championships between 2007 and 2014
TL;DR: Injury risk during international athletics championships differed between female and male athletes for location, type and event groups and sex difference was found for cause and severity of injury.
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Analyses of Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships injury and illness surveillance to discuss elite athletes risk factors.
TL;DR: During outdoor EA Championships, injury and illness incidences were slightly lower and injury characteristics were comparable with those during outdoor World Athletics Championships.