THE University of Edinburgh’s School of Education and Sport is recruiting athletes from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for a new study.
The school is continuing research surrounding the health and wellbeing challenges faced by elite athletes.
In partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) they are looking for over-16s who participated in last year’s games to sign up for the 15-year study.
They say it could advance our understanding of long-term athlete health and significantly impacts health outcomes within elite sports.
Moray House School of Education and Sport shared to social media yesterday: “Paris 2024 Olympians – Join Groundbreaking Research.
“The University of Edinburgh and IOC are recruiting Paris 2024 Olympians (16+) for a study on elite athlete health.
“Help shape the future of athlete well-being.
“Learn more: edin.ac/4hPzLHr”
The IOC Olympic Health Cohort is a comprehensive study that seeks to examine the health of the athletes during and after their sporting careers, rather than just during injury or illness.
It is hoped that this will allow for more evidence-based interventions which could mitigate short and long-term risks associated with elite sport.
The study is also open to Olympians who participated in the Tokyo 2020 or Beijing 2022 (Winter) Games.
The research project is led by Dr Debbie Palmer, a senior lecturer in research methods at Moray House, and a three-time Winter Olympian who competed in short track speed skating.
Dr Palmer is also co-director for the Edinburgh-Bath UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS).
To sign up, Olympians must take part in an online survey about musculoskeletal and general health and will then be contacted every two years for follow-up surveys, with the whole study taking place over 15 years.
Updates will be given throughout that duration, and results published on the study’s website, which is available in eight languages.
