What guidance is available for people with epilepsy wanting to participate in sport and exercise? A narrative review
Brittany Williams, Nathan Hill, Damien Cole, Sjaan Gomersall, Sean M Tweedy, John Cairney, Jessica Hill · 2026
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Brittany Williams and co-authors review the public guidance for sport with epilepsy in a 2026 paper. People with epilepsy face real questions about safe exercise, and official documents should answer them. The team searched four databases plus the open web. Only papers from governments or national bodies, in English, after 2016, qualified.
Eleven documents made the cut. Public-facing advice fell into four themes, from general facts to activity-specific rules. Guidance for professionals formed three themes of its own. Only four documents spoke to people with disability, though epilepsy often travels with intellectual disability. The reviewers found a core gap: documents named risks but gave few strategies to manage them. Complex needs were mostly overlooked. They call for guidance that enables participation, not just lists dangers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Brittany Williams, Nathan Hill, Damien Cole, Sjaan Gomersall, Sean M Tweedy, John Cairney, Jessica Hill |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 92 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |