Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...

Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...

1 Centre for Exercise and Sport Science, Deakin University, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Burwood, Victoria, Australia 2 Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin ...

4 GENUD ‘Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development’ Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain 5 Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Faculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), ...

Correspondence to: Dr Minoyama Fuji Toranomon Orthopaedic Hospital, Sports Medical Centre, 1067-1 Kawashimada, Gotemba City, Shizuoka 412-0045, Japan; msportsdr{at}aol.com Background: Research on ...

Background Sedentary time is increasing in all societies and results in limited non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) of daily life. The importance of low NEPA for cardiovascular health and longevity ...

Overuse tendinopathy is problematic to manage clinically. People of different ages with tendons under diverse loads present with varying degrees of pain, irritability, and capacity to function.

Correspondence to: Dr Waddington, Physiotherapy Department, The Canberra Hospital, PO Box 11, Woden, ACT 2605, Australia; g.waddington{at}fhs.usyd.edu.au Background: The capacity of the plantar sole ...

1 Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Objectives: To determine if athletes with a ...

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...

3 Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Italian Olympic Committee, Rome, Italy Correspondence to Dr Bianco Massimiliano, Sports Medicine Unit, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Institute, Catholic ...

4 NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Professor Bill Vicenzino, School of ...