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Recent publications

2021:

Kunorozva L, van Tonder R, Starling L, Brown JC, Viviers PL, Derman, EW. A five‑year clinical audit of concussive injuries in South African collegiate male rugby players—a South African experience. Sport Sciences for Health 2021;Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11332-021-00768-1

​​​​van Tonder R, Kunorozva L, Viviers PL, Derman EW, Brown JC. Presenting features of female collegiate sports-related concussion in South Africa: a descriptive analysis.​ South African Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;33:1-7. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a10416

Pillay L, Patricios J, Janse van Rensburg DC, Saggers R, Ramagole D, Viviers P, Thompson C, Hendricks S. Recommendations for athletes and COVID-19 vaccinations: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement – Part 3.  SAJSM 2021;33(1):1-3. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a12557


2020:

Ramagole D, Janse van Rensburg DC, Pillay L, Viviers P, Zon​di P and Patricios J. Implications of COVID-19 for resumption of sport in South Africa: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement - part 2​S Afr J Sports Med. ​2020:32(1):1-5. ​​https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8986

Kirby JH​ and Duffett RG. COVID-19 pandemic...what about the obesity and inactivity "pandemics"? South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2020:33(2):27-30. 

Ramagole D, Janse van Rensburg DC, Pillay L, Viviers P, Zon​di P and Patricios J. Implications of COVID-19 for resumption of sport in South Africa: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement. S Afr J Sports Med. ​2020:32(1):1-6. ​https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8454

Bosch S, Viviers P, Derman W and de Villiers R. A "scattered" SCAT in a football goalkeeper: a case report. S Afr J Sports Med.​ 2020:32:1-3. https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a7737

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2019:

​Brown JC, Starling LT, Stokes K, Viviers P, Jordaan E, Surmon S and Derman EW. High Concussion Rate in Student Community Rugby Union Players During the 2018 Season: Implications for Future Research Directions​Front. Hum. Neurosci., ​2019; 13:423. ​doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00423.

Viviers P et al. A Pheochromocytoma in an Elite Collegiate Athlete: 583 May 29, 2019. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 51(Supplement):151.


2018:

Moyaert M, Viljoen JT, Viviers PL, Derman W, De Villiers R. Sacroiliac tuberculosis masquerading as mechanical lower back pain in a collegiate basketball athlete: a case presentation.S Afr J Sports Med, 2018; 30:1-3. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2018/v30i1a4372.

Shafik A, Schwabe K, De Villiers R, Viljoen JT, Derman W. Stress fracture of the thoracic spine in a male rugby player: a case report. S Afr J Sports Med, 2018; 30:1-2. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2018/v30i1a4592.

Viviers PL, Viljoen JT and Derman W. A Review of a Decade of Rugby Union Injury Epidemiology: 2007-2017.Sports Health, 2018; 10(3): 223-227. doi: 10.1177/1941738118757178​.


2017:

Fischer JD, Smith GH, Rodrigues RS, Afzal MR, van den Heever DJ, Viviers PL, Viljoen JT. Concussion management application for amateur sports. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul; 2017:2594-2597. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037388.

Viviers PL, Kirby JK, Viljoen JT and Derman W. The Diagnostic Utility of Computer-Assisted Auscultation for the Early Detection of Cardiac Murmurs of Structural Origin in the Periodic Health Evaluation. Sports Health, 2017. 9(4): 341-345. doi: 10.1177/1941738117695221.

Duinslaeger E, Kirby JH, Viljoen JT, Viviers PL. The forgotten coracoid: A case report of a coracoid fracture in a male cyclist. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017; 29:1-2. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2017/v29i0a1636.

Adams R, Van Der Heever, MM, Damons, A. Perceptions of clients on awareness and the geographical location of a South African university sexual health clinic. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med, 2017. 9(1), a1350. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1350.​


2016:

Bates HL, Kirby JH. The perceived benefits of the Maties Injury Programme among students. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016; 28(2):36-8. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2016/v28i2a170.

Bultheel M, Kirby JH, Viljoen JT, Viviers PL. An atypical presentation of myositis ossificans. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016; 28(1):33-4. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2016/v28i1a465.​


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