THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT + HEAT ANDCOMMU THE FOLLOWING IS A by Dr Ollie Jay, Associate Professor managing injury burden in sevens rugby. REPUBLISHED EDITORIAL in Thermoregulatory Physiology, and Jones’ group examine the level of Director of the Thermal Ergonomics wellbeing and chronic health conditions WHICH FEATURES IN THE Laboratory, in the Faculty of Health in elite cricketers, and in the fi nal article JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Sciences at the University of Sydney. in the section, Varley and co-workers In the fi rst of the feature articles, describe the association of novel AND MEDICINE IN SPORT Schermann and colleagues describe the polymorphisms with stress fracture risk (VOLUME 21, ISSUE 6, JUNE value of using heat tolerance testing in in an elite athlete population. reducing the risk of exertional heat illness 2018) WRITTEN BY EDITOR- related injury. In the second feature In this month’s sports injury section, IN-CHIEF, GORDON S. article, Peeters’ group outline results Everard, Lyons and Harrison suggest from the Australian Longitudinal Study that the landing error scoring system has WADDINGTON, PHD. on Women’s Health on the relationship a better association with injury than the between physical activity, medical costs functional movement screen. Bonacci and and hospitalisations. In the fi nal feature colleagues suggest a possible mechanism This month’s edition of the Journal of article, Katica and co-workers report for reducing patellofemoral loading pain Science and Medicine in Sport has on the impact of upper body precooling utilising a minimalist shoe and increased continued consideration of the impact during warm up on cycling time trials running cadence. Jaspers’ group describe of heat on sport. As summer in the in the heat. the relationship between load and injury southern hemisphere is now predicted in professional soccer. In the fi nal article to last a month longer, we lead off In the fi rst article in this month’s sports in the section Garnock, Witchalls and with an editorial examining Australian and exercise medicine section, Fuller Newman provide a new model for community sport extreme heat policies proposes a model for forecasting and predicting medial tibial stress syndrome. 26 VOLUME 36 • JUNE ISSUE 2018