Health and Performance
Achieving peak performance at the right time can be complex and relies on many factors.
Achieving peak performance at the right time can be complex and relies on many factors. Aspects of good health can enable an athlete to be consistently available for training, which allows coaching and performance staff to maximise positive training adaptions and increase the likelihood of performance goals being achieved.
An accompanying online education resource for clinicians has also been developed as a tool to use.
Key scientific papers
- What Contributes to Athlete Performance Health? A Concept Mapping Approach., opens in a new tabInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 300. Smyth, E. A., Donaldson, A., Drew, M. K., Menaspa, M., Cooke, J., Guevara, S. A., ... & Toohey, L. (2022).
- Injuries impair the chance of successful performance by sportspeople: a systematic review., opens in a new tabBritish Journal of Sports Medicine, 51:1209-1214. Drew MK, Raysmith BP, Charlton PC. (2017).
- Health Systems in High-Performance Sport: Key Functions to Protect Health and Optimize Performance in Elite Athletes, opens in a new tab. Sports Medicine, 53, 1479–1489. Drew, M. K., Toohey, L. A., Smith, M., Baugh, C. M., Carter, H., McPhail, S. M., Jacobsson, J., Timpka, T., & Appaneal, R. (2023).
