Candice MacMillan

Researcher and Physiotherapist dedicated to bridging research and practice in elite sport. Passionate about advancing female athlete wellness through evidence-based, performance-driven research.

About

Candice MacMillan has a passion for research and clinical practice that promotes female athlete wellness. She is highly educated and experienced researcher and physiotherapist with a diverse background in both academia and practical experience. She holds a PhD in Physiotherapy and has completed both a Master's and Bachelor's degree in the field. She also has a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, showcasing her knowledge and skills in business and finance. Candice has worked as a lecturer at various universities, including the University of Pretoria and University of Canterbury. She has also conducted research as a post-doctoral fellow at several institutions, including the University of Pretoria Sport Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute. In addition, Candice has experience as a physiotherapist and certification course designer at Sport Science Lab and has worked at various physiotherapy practices and with elite sports teams. With her extensive research, education and clinical experience, Candice is a skilled and knowledgeable researcher and physiotherapist with a passion for bridging the gap between research and practice especially in the fields of sports injury prevention and rehabilitation, sports performance and biomechanics.

Publications

Trail Running Safety: A Review of Serious Adverse Events Reported in Online News Articles

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

2025

The Association Between Menstrual Cycle Phase, Menstrual Irregularities, Contraceptive Use and Musculoskeletal Injury Among Female Athletes: A Scoping Review

Sports Medicine

2024

Predictors of match performance in the South African Rugby Union Women's Premier Division

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

2024

Sex, training variables, history of chronic disease, and chronic injury are risk factors associated with a history of exercise-associated muscle cramping in 10,973 ultramarathon race entrants: a safer XXXVIII study

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

2024

Do South African international cricket pace bowlers have similar bowling volume and injury risk associates compared to other elite fast bowlers?

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

2023

666 FO22 – Sex, training variables, chronic disease, and injury are risk factors associated with history of exercise-associated muscle cramping in 10 973 ultramarathon runners: safer study

Full Oral Abstracts

2024

Effect of neuromuscular injury prevention strategies on injury rates in adolescent males playing sport: a systematic review protocol

JBI Evidence Synthesis

2023

Proceedings of the World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket, November 3–5, 2023, India (Selected Abstracts)

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Education and Research

2023

Altered sagittal plane mechanics is associated with Functional Movement Screen deep squat score

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

2023

Kinematic differences between left- and right-handed cricket fast bowlers during the bowling action

South African Journal of Sports Medicine

2023

Injury surveillance in community cricket: A new inning for South Africa

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

2022

The association between physical fitness parameters and in-season injury among adult male rugby players: a systematic review

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

2022

Sport Science Lab® Screening Protocol: The association between physical fitness Parameters and injury among elite rugby players

Physical Therapy in Sport

2021

The interrater and intrarater reliability of the flexibility and strength tests included in the Sport Science Lab® screening protocol amongst professional rugby players

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

2021

Association between physical fitness parameters and risk of in-season injury among adult male rugby players

JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports

2019

Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of six musculoskeletal preparticipatory screening tests

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

2019

Asymmetrical abdominal muscle morphometry is present in injury free adolescent cricket pace bowlers: A prospective observational study

Physical Therapy in Sport

2017

The Functional Movement Screen in the Prediction of Injury in Adolescent Cricket Pace Bowlers: An Observational Study

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

2017

Education

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

PhD, Physiotherapy Department / November, 2021

Johannesburg-Braamfontein

University of the Witwatersrand

MSc(Physiotherapy), Physiotherapy Department / February, 2017

Johannesburg-Braamfontein

University of Limpopo Faculty of Health Sciences

BSc(Physiotherapy), Physiotherapy / December, 2011

Sovenga

University of Pretoria

B.Comm (Accounting), Financial Accounting / November, 2007

Pretoria

Exercise Training Academy (ETA)

Certificate in Professional Fitness and Group Training, Physical fitness / January, 2010

Hoërskool Menlopark

Experience

University of Pretoria

Lecturer / June, 2023 — Present

University of Pretoria Sport Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow / November, 2022 — May, 2023

University of Canterbury

Visiting Post-doctoral fellow / February, 2023 — May, 2023

Rhodes University

Post-Doctoral fellow / March, 2022 — August, 2022

Postdoctoral Research Fellow / March, 2022 — October, 2022

Sport Science Lab

Physiotherapist/certification course designer & senior instructor / October, 2017 — March, 2021

University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

Lecturer / June, 2023 — Present

Department of Physiology: Lecturer (Biomechanics)

Martin & McCord Physiotherapy

Partner / June, 2016 — October, 2022

Sport Science Lab

Physiotherapist / May, 2016 — October, 2022

Sport Rehabilitation and Performance centres

Physiotherapist / October, 2017 — February, 2021

Sport Science Lab certification course curriculum developer and senior instructor.

McCord & Repton Physiotherapy

Physiotherapist / February, 2014 — May, 2016

Marica Kok Physiotherapists

Physiotherapist / January, 2013 — January, 2014

Dr George Mukhari Hospital

Community service Physiotherapy / January, 2012 — December, 2012

Virgin Active

Group Exercise Instructor / June, 2011 — December, 2012

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