FIRMLab™
FIRMLab™ is dedicated to legal and safety risk management research in the health and fitness industry to inform policy and practice. Our stakeholders are fitness consumers, public or private health and fitness businesses, government agencies, and major industry bodies and organisations.
This page contains a list of most cited peer-reviewed and industry publications authored by our expert team leader.
• Incidence, bystander emergency response management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at exercise and sport facilities in Australia
Emergency Medicine Australasia …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2021). Incidence, bystander emergency response management and outcomes of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest at exercise and sport facilities in Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13595
• An epidemiological analysis of yoga-related injury presentations to emergency departments in Australia
The Physician and Sportsmedicine …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2020). An epidemiological analysis of yoga-related injury presentations to emergency departments in Australia. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1-5.
• The time is now
Australasian Leisure Management …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2018). The time is now. Australasian Leisure Management, 129(Jul/Aug), 40-43.
• Fit for kids: Risk management for health/fitness facilities (Legal Aspects Column)
ACMS`s Health & Fitness Journal …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2018). Fit for kids: Risk management for health/fitness facilities. ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 22(3), 33-36. doi:10.1249/fit.0000000000000382
• Emergency preparedness in fitness facilities: bridging the gap between policy and practice
International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B., Norton, K., Keyzer, P., Dietrich, J., Coyle, I.R., Gray, S. and Finch, C.F. (2018). Emergency preparedness in fitness facilities: bridging the gap between policy and practice. Int. J. Business Continuity and Risk Management, 8(1), 71–85.
• A comprehensive observational audit tool for use in Australian fitness facilities
Issues in Ergonomics Science …See publication
Recommended Citation:
Gray, S., Sekendiz, B., Norton, K., & Finch, C. (2017). A comprehensive observational audit tool for use in Australian fitness facilities. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 18(4), 306-317.
• Managing risks of training with kettlebells to achieve optimum benefits
ACSM s Health & Fitness Journal …See publication
Recommended Citation:
Del Vecchio, L., & Sekendiz, B. (2017). Managing risks of training with kettlebells to achieve optimum benefits. ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 21(2), 8-12.
• An examination of waiver usage and injury-related liability claims in health/fitness facilities in Australia
Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B., Ammon, R., & Connaughton, D. P. (2016). An Examination of Waiver Usage and Injury-Related Liability Claims in Health/Fitness Facilities in Australia. Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 26(2), 144-161.
• Risk of treadmills in health/fitness facilities: Ready, steady, go?
ACSM`s Health and Fitness Journal …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2016). Risks of treadmills in health/fitness facilities: Ready, steady, go? ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 20(4), 10-14.
• Cardiac emergency preparedness in health/fitness facilities in Australia
The Physician and Sportsmedicine …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B., Gass, G., Norton, K. & Finch, C. F. (2014). Cardiac Emergency Preparedness in Health/Fitness Facilities in Australia. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 42(4):14-19. doi:10.3810/psm.2014.11.2087
• Implementation and perception of risk management practices in health/fitness facilities
Int. J. of Business Continuity and Risk Management …See publication
Recommended citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2014). Implementation and perception of risk management practices in health/fitness facilities. Int. J. of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 5(3): 165 – 183. doi: 10.1504/IJBCRM.2014.066148
• Legal risk management and injury in the fitness industry: The outcomes of focus group research and a national survey of fitness professionals
Journal of Law and Medicine …See publication
Recommended Citation:
Keyzer, P., Coyle, I. R., Dietrich, J., Norton, K., Sekendiz, B., Jones, V. and Finch, C. F. (2014) Legal risk management and injury in the fitness industry: The outcomes of focus group research and a national survey of fitness professionals. Journal of Law and Medicine, 21(4):826-844.
• Personal fitness trainers giving tough love: Risks and consequences
ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal …See publication
Recommended Citation:
Sekendiz, B. (2014) Personal fitness trainers giving tough love: Risks and consequences. ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 18(3):8-11.
• The Australian Fitness Industry Risk Management Manual …See publication
Recommended citation:
Dietrich, J., Eickhoff-Shemek, J. M., Finch, C., Keyzer, P., Norton, K. & Sekendiz, B. (2014). The Australian Fitness Industry Risk Management Manual. Retrieved from http://www.fitness.org.au
• Train the trainers: Maintaining standards to minimise injuries and avoiding legal liability in the fitness industry
ANZ Sports Law Journal …See publication
Recommended citation:
Dietrich, J., Keyzer, P., Coyle, I. R., Norton, K., Sekendiz, B., Jones, V., & Finch, C. F. (2013). Train the Trainers: Maintaining Standards to Minimise Injuries and Avoiding Legal Liability in the Fitness Industry. ANZ Sports Law Journal, 8(1), 89-106.
• An Investigation of risk management practices in the health and fitness facilities in Queensland: Minimising the likelihood of legal liability
…See publication
Recommended Citation
Sekendiz, B. (2011). An investigation of risk management practices in the health and fitness facilities in Queensland: Minimising the likelihood of legal liability. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
• Use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in managing risk and liability in health/fitness facilities
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing …See publication
Recommended Citation:
Sekendiz, B., & Quick, S. P. (2011). Use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in managing risk and liability in health/fitness facilities. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 9(3/4), 170-184. doi:10.1504/IJSMM.2011.041570