Led by Guest Editors Juan-Manuel Alonso, MD, PhD, Jenny Jacobsson, PT, PhD, and Paul Dijkstra, MD, DPhil, this edition offers a comprehensive collection of articles exploring various aspects of sports medicine in athletics. It covers topics such as musculoskeletal injuries in athletics, innovative prevention strategies for injuries and illnesses, the increasing importance of podiatry, and essential insights into athletes’ mental health. Spanning 160 pages, the issue also includes an exclusive interview with Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk. He shares his experiences as a top athlete, his relationship with his medical team, and his challenging recovery from a serious knee injury.
Written by – Juan-Manuel Alonso MD, PhD, Jenny Jacobsson PT, PhD, Paul Dijkstra MD, DPhil
Interview by – Louis Holtzhausen MD, PhD and Juan-Manuel Alonso MD, PhD
Written by – Anne D van der Made, Gino MMJ Kerkhoffs, the Netherlands
Written by – Stephen McAleer, Austria, Benke Blomkvist, Sweden, Noel Pollock, UK
Written by – Brady Green, Australia, Evan Jeanguyot, Qatar, and Tania Pizzari, Australia
Written by – Daniel Martínez-Silván, Qatar, Jill Cook, Australia
Written by – Juan-Manuel Alonso, Qatar, Tim Hoenig, Germany, Karsten Hollander, Germany, Adam Tenforde, USA
Written by – Pascal Edouard, France, Jenny Jacobsson, Sweden, Robert Mann, UK, Pedro Branco, Switzerland, Juan Manuel Alonso, Qatar, Karsten Hollander, Germany, Toomas Timpka, Sweden
Written by – Mark R. Hutchinson MD, Apurva Choubey, Brett Drake, USA, Hercules Paquet, Qatar
Written by – Cosmin Horobeanu and Mauricio Monaco Qatar
Written by – Carolette Snyders, Marcel Jooste, Martin Schwellnus, South Africa
Written by – Mariem Labidi, Qatar and Sebastien Racinais, France
Written by – Nelda Nader, Shaikha Mahmoud Abdulla, Qatar, Nour El Helou, Lebanon
Written by – Margo Mountjoy, Canada, Anna Melin, Sweden, Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, and Monica Torstveit, Norway
Written by – Jenna Schulz, Chloe Hewitt, Jane Thornton, Canada
Written by – Claudia L. Reardon, Megan Duininck, Mary Hitchcock, Dolapo Oseni, Samuel Partington, USA
Written by – Audrey Jansen van Rensburg, South Africa, David Stevens, Australia, Antonia Rossiter, Ireland, and Dina C. (Christa) Janse van Rensburg, South Africa
Written by – Jacopo Vitale
Written by – Víctor Rodrigo-Carranza, José María González-Ravé, and Fernando González-Mohíno, Spain
Written by – Maria-Carmen Adamuz, Qatar, Juliette van Hattum, Netherlands, and Guido Pieles, Qatar
Written by – James Baker, UAE, Paul Read, UK, Philip Graham-Smith, Qatar, Marco Cardinale, Qatar, Thomas W. Jones, UK
Written by – Stéphane Bermon