Objectives—Commercially available football head protectors were tested to determine their impact energy attenuation performance and ability to reduce the likelihood of concussion. Methods—Prospective ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Joseph Baker, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada; bakerj{at}yorku.ca ...

Elite athletes are particularly susceptible to sleep inadequacies, characterised by habitual short sleep (<7 hours/night) and poor sleep quality (eg, sleep fragmentation). Athletic performance is ...

Objective Low physical activity (PA) levels are associated with increased mortality. Improved measurement has resulted in stronger proven associations between PA and mortality, but this has not yet ...

1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Background Psychological factors ...

Correspondence to Dr Machar Reid, Sports Science and Sports Medicine Unit, Tennis Australia, PO Box 6060, Richmond, Melbourne 3121, VIC, Australia; mreid{at}tennis.com.au With this in mind, it is ...

Objective: To conduct a detailed analysis of hamstring injuries sustained in English professional football over two competitive seasons. Methods: Club medical staff at 91 professional football clubs ...

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, ...

MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa Correspondence to ...

Data sources Medline (Ovid), PubMed (complementary search), Embase (Elsevier), Cochrane (Wiley), SPORTDiscus (Ebsco) and Web of Science Core Collection (Thomson Reuters), from 1 January 1990 to 15 May ...

1 Leisure and Sport Research Unit, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, United Kingdom 2 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, ...