| The effect of a proprioceptive balance board training program for the prevention of ankle sprains: a prospective controlled trial E Verhagen, A Van Der Beek, J Twisk, L Bouter, R Bahr, W Van Mechelen The American journal of sports medicine 32 (6), 1385-1393, 2004 | 1006 | 2004 |
| Evidence review for the 2016 International Ankle Consortium consensus statement on the prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains PA Gribble, CM Bleakley, BM Caulfield, CL Docherty, F Fourchet, ... British journal of sports medicine 50 (24), 1496-1505, 2016 | 757* | 2016 |
| International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sports 2020 (including the STROBE … International Olympic Committee Injury and Illness Epidemiology Consensus Group Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 8 (2), 2325967120902908, 2020 | 747 | 2020 |
| A one season prospective cohort study of volleyball injuries E Verhagen, AJ Van der Beek, LM Bouter, RM Bahr, W Van Mechelen British journal of sports medicine 38 (4), 477-481, 2004 | 665 | 2004 |
| Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ankle sprains: update of an evidence-based clinical guideline G Vuurberg, A Hoorntje, LM Wink, BFW Van Der Doelen, ... British journal of sports medicine 52 (15), 956-956, 2018 | 559 | 2018 |
| Prospective epidemiological study of basketball injuries during one competitive season: ankle sprains and overuse knee injuries E Cumps, E Verhagen, R Meeusen Journal of sports science & medicine 6 (2), 204, 2007 | 484* | 2007 |
| Strategies for the prevention of volleyball related injuries JC Reeser, E Verhagen, WW Briner, TI Askeland, R Bahr British journal of sports medicine 40 (7), 594-600, 2006 | 465 | 2006 |
| Effect of unsupervised home based proprioceptive training on recurrences of ankle sprain: randomised controlled trial MDW Hupperets, EALM Verhagen, W Van Mechelen Bmj 339, 2009 | 429 | 2009 |
| Interventions for preventing ankle ligament injuries HHG Handoll, BH Rowe, KM Quinn, R de Bie, ... Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2010 (1), 1996 | 387* | 1996 |
| Exercise-based injury prevention in child and adolescent sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis R Rössler, L Donath, E Verhagen, A Junge, T Schweizer, O Faude Sports medicine 44, 1733-1748, 2014 | 341 | 2014 |
| 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs) M Mountjoy, KE Ackerman, DM Bailey, LM Burke, N Constantini, ... British journal of sports medicine 57 (17), 1073-1098, 2023 | 334 | 2023 |
| Meta-analyses of the effects of habitual running on indices of health in physically inactive adults LC Hespanhol Junior, JD Pillay, W van Mechelen, E Verhagen Sports medicine 45, 1455-1468, 2015 | 330 | 2015 |
| The effect of preventive measures on the incidence of ankle sprains EALM Verhagen, W Van Mechelen, W De Vente Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 10 (4), 291-296, 2000 | 329 | 2000 |
| The relation between body mass index and musculoskeletal symptoms in the working population L Viester, EALM Verhagen, KMO Hengel, LLJ Koppes, AJ van der Beek, ... BMC musculoskeletal disorders 14, 1-9, 2013 | 310 | 2013 |
| Context matters: revisiting the first step of the ‘sequence of prevention’of sports injuries C Bolling, W Van Mechelen, HR Pasman, E Verhagen Sports medicine 48 (10), 2227-2234, 2018 | 298 | 2018 |
| Injuries in professional male soccer players in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study JH Stubbe, AMMC Van Beijsterveldt, S Van Der Knaap, J Stege, ... Journal of athletic training 50 (2), 211-216, 2015 | 286 | 2015 |
| Optimising ankle sprain prevention: a critical review and practical appraisal of the literature E Verhagen, K Bay British journal of sports medicine 44 (15), 1082-1088, 2010 | 285 | 2010 |
| Clinical assessment of acute lateral ankle sprain injuries (ROAST): 2019 consensus statement and recommendations of the International Ankle Consortium E Delahunt, CM Bleakley, DS Bossard, BM Caulfield, CL Docherty, ... British journal of sports medicine 52 (20), 1304-1310, 2018 | 283 | 2018 |
| An economic evaluation of a proprioceptive balance board training programme for the prevention of ankle sprains in volleyball E Verhagen, M Van Tulder, AJ van der Beek, LM Bouter, W Van Mechelen British journal of sports medicine 39 (2), 111-115, 2005 | 274 | 2005 |
| A pandemic within the pandemic? Physical activity levels substantially decreased in countries affected by COVID-19 J Wilke, L Mohr, AS Tenforde, P Edouard, C Fossati, M González-Gross, ... International journal of environmental research and public health 18 (5), 2235, 2021 | 259 | 2021 |
Mike LambertProfessor, Exercise Science, University of Cape TownVerified email at uct.ac.za