Scientific Researcher & Sport Scientist | Injury prevention & youth development | @Aspetar @ISEM_SU @StellenboschFC
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27 Mar 2025
Planning to use self-reporting of health problems with adolescent athletes?
Maybe our new article can be of help.
We investigated how South African athletes (10-18 years) understood concepts used in the OSTRC-H2 and present an adapted English version:
jsams.org/article/S1440-2440…
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2 Dec 2025
Injuries in male football players in a South African academy league ⚽️🇿🇦
📄 Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
✅ Bone and muscle injuries most common.
✅ Relatively high proportion of head injuries.
✅ Only 1/3 injuries captured by both field-side clinics and self reporting.
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16 Nov 2025
🎶 NORGE SKAL TIL VM NESTE ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅR
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16 Sep 2025
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9 Sep 2025
1 month until the Aspetar World Conference 2025 here in Doha!
Agenda and registration here: aspetar.com/en/professionals…
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31 Aug 2025
Our 88-week study with South African Para athletes is now out! 🇿🇦
In a given week:
✅ 1/2 report mild-to-severe pain
✅ 1/4 report a new or ongoing injury/illness
✅ 1/5 experience mild-to-severe symptoms of anxiety/depression
✅ 7/10 sleep less than 8h
tinyurl.com/yk7tdeuz
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25 Aug 2025
RT! Si vous êtes médecin travaillant avec un CNO africain, voici une opportunité unique : Cours Avancés du CIO pour les Médecins d'Équipe des CNO, Dakar, Sénégal, 3-8 novembre 2025. Si vous remplissez les conditions, le CIO couvre tous les frais ! Deux (1H/1F) par pays. Angl./fr.
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25 Aug 2025
RT! If you are a physician working with an African NOC, here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: IOC Advanced Courses for NOC Team Physicians, Dakar, Senegal, Nov 3-8 2025. If you qualify, IOC covers all costs! Two (1M/1F) from each country. Translation English/French.
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8 Aug 2025
Big week for publications, with two new pieces in @BJSM_BMJ from our Swedish-South African Para sport collaboration led by @KristinaFagher.
Great project to have been part of! 🇸🇪🇿🇦
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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6 Aug 2025
Happy to have contributed to a chapter on considerations for the youth cricketer, led by Franso-Mari Olivier! 🏏 🤕
Chapter link here: link.springer.com/chapter/10…
Book edited by @BenitaOlivier & @DrJohnOrchard
1 Aug 2025
link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Our new book just out
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Eirik Halvorsen Wik retweeted
1 Aug 2025
Every town has a rhythm. Every club has a pulse. Ours? It beats here…
#HeartoftheCape #MoreThanFootball #StellenboschFC 🍇
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23 Jul 2025
We've come a long way 🌱
23 Jul 2025
We are proud to confirm that academy graduate and Stellenbosch local, Tylon Smith, has completed a landmark transfer to EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers 🏴✍️
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23 Jul 2025
We are proud to confirm that academy graduate and Stellenbosch local, Tylon Smith, has completed a landmark transfer to EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers 🏴✍️
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Eirik Halvorsen Wik retweeted
12 Jul 2025
Most injury & illness surveillance consensus tell you what to do. We finally show you how.
From @Aspetar, @QSL to @theafcdotcom to @FIFAcom —we share 10 years of experience tools a step-by-step framework for IIS in football.
@RoaldBahr @BaharHM
link.springer.com/article/10…
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17 Jun 2025
I arbeidet med talentutvikling inn mot landslag og i toppklubber, kan bruk av biologisk alder bidra til bedre belastningsstyring og at flere talenter får sjansen gjennom f. eks Future Team. Vekt og fettprosent er helt uinteressant i denne sammenheng!
fotball.no/tema/nff-nyheter/…
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24 May 2025
Back where we belong now 🌍
See you again next season, @CAFCLCC 👋
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2 May 2025
A postdoc fellowship focusing on the health and performance of adolescent athletes (incl. growth and maturation) has opened up @ISEM_SU in Stellenbosch/Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 🌞 🍇 🌊 🏔️
Check out the link for more details on how to apply!
tinyurl.com/yed6t3x6
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30 Apr 2025
🚀 Registration is now open! 🚀
🎯 Join us at the Aspetar World Conference 2025
👉 For an immersive experience in Precision athlete health and performance.
🗓️ 9–11 October 2025
Over three enriching days, explore a wide range of cutting-edge topics:
✅ Advancements in ACL treatment
✅ Paediatric athlete care
✅ AI & wearable tech in sports medicine
✅ Cardiac health in athletes
✅ Extreme sports challenges
… and much more!
🌍 Learn from world-leading experts from Aspetar and top global institutions.
🔗 Register now : Aspetar.com/world-conference
#Aspetarcon25
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30 Apr 2025
SFC Ladies' Lethuthando Mthembu recently helped South Africa win bronze at the CAF U-15 African Schools Football Championship in Ghana 👏🇿🇦🥉
ALT Lethuthando Mthembu
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9 Apr 2025
We're through to the semi-finals! 😭🌍
Zamalek 0️⃣–1️⃣ Stellenbosch FC
Aggregate score: 0️⃣–1️⃣
ALT Stellenbosch FC defeated Zamalek SC 1-0 on aggregate to advance to the semi-final of the CAF Confederation Cup
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