@cigney

Editor-in-Chief @jiips_journal│Senior Lecturer, Course Leader MSc Sports Therapy @UniofGlos│Head of SSM @Sport_SGS

 Bristol, England
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Joined May 2009
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🚨 Extremely proud to be Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport. 📖 Anyone who has published academically knows a new model is needed. #JiiPS is here to provide it for the sport science & medicine community. 🔗 jiips.co.uk/index.php/jiips/… 👇🏼 🧵
Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport@jiips_journal2 Jul 2025
We're excited to announce the official launch of the Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport (#JiiPS). Our mission is to accelerate evidence into practice, support authors and reviewers with a fairer publishing model, and disseminate research fast so it can have impact.
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🏀 New in @jiips_journal "Injury epidemiology and surveillance in basketball: a systematic review of reporting methods and meta-analysis of injury rates" 🤕119 studies, >125,000 injuries, 10 injury definitions 🔗 jiips.co.uk/index.php/jiips/… #JiiPS #Basketball #SportsMedicine
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🚨 Injury risk & prevention in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 basketball: Knowledge, perceptions & behaviours of players and coaches Some alarming statistics including 18% of players had had surgery from 🏀 injury 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… #Basketball #InjuryPrevention #SportsScience #SportsMedicine
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BIG CONGRATS to all our grads walking across the stage at Cheltenham Racecourse yesterday! The culmination of years of hard work with just a little bit of guidance from the team here. We hope you had a great day! #TeamGlos @uniofglos 💙🩵👨‍🎓👩‍🎓
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🚨New Publication "FROM METRICS TO MEANING: REFRAMING THE USE OF PERFORMANCE DATA IN HIGH-STAKES ENVIRONMENTS" 📊If you’re into turning numbers into real-world insight, this one’s for you. 🔗jiips.co.uk/index.php/jiips/… #JiiPS #Data #SportScience #Monitoring #AI #Technology
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Craig Barden retweeted
Stephen West@westy160928 Oct 2025
🚨Lowering the legal height (shoulder➡️armpit) of the tackle in boys schoolboy rugby🚨 🎯No diff in tackles to head/neck (U15/U18); 38% (U15) and 23% (U18)⬇️@ shoulder 🤕No significant diff in all injury, concussion, or tackle-related concussion rates 🔗shorturl.at/uzIxp
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🚨 We are recruiting a Lecturer in Sports Therapy to join us at @uniofglos. Come a join a wonderful team, teaching over 120 across our UG and PG Sports Therapy programmes. 12 months maternity cover, 0.8 FTE, starting in January 2026 🔗 jobs.glos.ac.uk/wrl/pages/va… @TheSSTofficial
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🏋🏼‍♀️ S&C coach? We’re hiring an S&C coach at @Sport_SGS. 🏀You’ll be part of a (great) team delivering to over 400 students across 10 academies. 💰 18.5 hour per week, £16.22 per hour. Mon, Wed, Fri. 🔗 sgscol.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/… 🙏 RT @SGSCollegeRugby
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👋🏼 Clocking out after 11 season. 🙏 I’ll always be extremely proud to have worked for the @BristolFlyers and all we achieved in this time. Crazy to think how much the club has developed on and off the court. 🏀 Will be cheering you on @CoachKapoulas. Good luck @DomWil10 🤕
Bristol Flyers
@BristolFlyers6 Sep 2025
Always a part of the Flyers Family. ❤️ Flyers announce the departure of Head of Medical Craig Barden and S&C Coach Rich Clarke. Read more. ⤵️

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We have published an editorial to explain the need for better publishing models, the aims of the journal and a call for the scientific community to support us on this journey. 🔗 Editorial: jiips.co.uk/index.php/jiips/… 📌 jiips.co.uk
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📢 MSc Sports Therapy: New Course Map We have updated our course map to include 3 brand new modules for 2025/26. Students can study full or part-time with all sessions on a Wednesday and Thursday. Accredited by @TheSSTofficial 🔗 glos.ac.uk/courses/course/st… #sportstherapy
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ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations" #Gaza
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Am amazing ending to ECSS 2025 closing ceremony - some great novel presentations and a chance to catch up with friends and coworkers from around the world- looking fwd to Lausanne 2026 - 6 excellent presentations from @uniofglos @UoGSportScience staff
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Craig Barden retweeted
Kirsten Wing@kirst_wing2 Jul 2025
Replying to @E_C_S_S
@E_C_S_S 2025 in Rimini presentation ✔️ big thanks to lead @cigney and co authors @destecroixmark @KSBouncingBack Charlotte and Matt for letting me share the work thus far. Craig has also launched @jiips_journal today, give it a look! #ecss2025 #research @uniofglos
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Two new fully funded masters by research places with @CTFCYofficial 🤝@uniofglos ⚽👩‍💻 irecruit.efl.com/vacancies/1… irecruit.efl.com/vacancies/1…
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🏆 SENIOR CUP WINNERS!! 🏆 Matson RFC 7 - 31 Longlevens Rugby 📌 Kingsholm 🏆 NGC Senior Cup Final
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Great to welcome @sgs_college to Ashton Gate today to fundraise for their trip to the Sanix World Youth Games in Japan next week 🇯🇵 They will be bucket collecting around the stadium so please give generously 🤝
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💬 “To be invited to such a big tournament is a huge honour and an amazing opportunity for our young players." @sgs_college are heading to the Sanex World Youth Games in Japan next week to take on some of the best rugby schools in the 🌍

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Brilliant research day @uniofglos hosted by @VALDPerformance and organised by @HSLegg who talked about fall prevention with aging - talks also by visiting ass prof @paulread1010 on ACL rehab and RTP, @cigney on neck strength and concussion - 70 practitioners in attendance
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Football never seems to come home. Maybe basketball will? Great Britain have QUALIFIED for #EuroBasket 2025! 🇬🇧 🎟️ Pre-register for tickets: bit.ly/Tickets_EB ✅ bit.ly/Qualified_GBR
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