Congratulations to all our SMA Award winners at the 2025 ASICS SMA Conference, held from 29 October – 1 November in Hobart.
- ASICS Medal for Best Paper Overall: Dr Andrea Bruder
Reducing injury burden in tactical athletes. A concept mapping study. - Wendy Ey Award for Best Paper – Women in Sport: Dr Andrea Mosler
“We currently do not have a coach, we train ourselves.” Experiences of females, women, and girls playing football in Australia
Early Career Research Awards:
- ASICS Best Paper – Clinical Sports Medicine: Robyn Tyler
Impact of an education intervention for rugby league sports trainers on the assessment and management of breast injuries. - ASICS Best Paper – Sports and Exercise Science: Molly Coventry
Understanding the mind-body connection – the relationship between motor cortex drive, voluntary activation and pain sensitivity in females: A cross-sectional cohort study. - ASICS Best Paper – Sports Injury Prevention: Dr Andrea Bruder
Reducing injury burden in tactical athletes. A concept mapping study. - ASICS Best Paper – Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Erin Kelly
Maximal Strength Training for Mental Health and Wellbeing of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Senior Career Research Awards
- ASICS Best Paper – Clinical Sports Medicine: A/Prof Adam Culvenor
Supervised exercise-therapy and education for young adults with early-onset osteoarthritis after ACL reconstruction: The SUPER-Knee randomised controlled trial - ASICS Best Paper – Sports and Exercise Science: A/Prof Dawson Kidgell
Early and Late MEP Dynamics Reveal Distinct Neural Strategies for Cross-Education in Young and Older Adults - ASICS Best Paper – Sports Injury Prevention: Dr Andrea Mosler
Injury, illness, and mental health problems during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup - ASICS Best Paper – Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Dr Ryan Moran
Associations of Concussion Return-to-Sport and Return-to-Learn Strategies with Demographics in Parents of Child Athletes
Poster Awards:
- ASICS Best Poster – Clinical Sports Medicine: Liam Sherwood
Fear Avoidance after Concussion Tool (FACT): Patient Reported Outcome Measure Development and Content Validation. - ASICS Best Poster – Sports and Exercise Science: Dr Peta Johnston
Biomechanics during functional activities in females following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction surgery: A systematic review - ASICS Best Poster – Sports Injury Prevention: Emily Heming
Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for upper-extremity injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) Consensus - ASICS Best Poster – Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Brooke McGregor
A scoping review of the health outcomes related to engagement in physical activity and exercise for individuals who have experienced pregnancy loss - People’s Choice Award for Best Poster: Diogo Gomes
Putting the hip to the test: A systematic review of measurement properties of clinical tests reportedly used in the assessment of individuals with hip-related pain