Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Orthopaedic Department, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Dr D E Meuffels, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Orthopaedic Department, PO Box 2040, ...

Design 4-season prospective cohort design. Setting 14 English Premiership clubs. Participants 899 professional players. Main outcome measure Incidence of match injury (recorded as the number of ...

1 Queensland Academy of Sport, Centre of Excellence for Applied Sports Science Research, Brisbane, Australia Correspondence to: Dr Galambos Queensland Academy of Sport, PO Box 956, Sunnybank, QLD 4109 ...

Background: Improved oxygen uptake improves soccer performance as regards distance covered, involvements with the ball, and number of sprints. Large improvements in oxygen uptake have been shown using ...

Objective Regular participation in resistance training (RT) is critical to health and recommended in most international physical activity guidelines. Few people, however, participate in RT. The ...

Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in sport, and what risk factors were associated with LBP in athletes. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources ...

Correspondence to Pr Pascal Edouard, Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine Unit, IRMIS, Campus Santé Innovations, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne 42 055, ...

Objective To examine the associations between the number of days per week achieving various daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in older women.

Objective Women remain at increased risk for some sports injuries, such as anterior cruciate ligament rupture and concussion. This study applied a gendered environmental approach to identify ...

Correspondence to Julianne Ryan, Department of Clinical Therapies, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; julianner03{at}gmail.com Background Groin/hip ...

Background: Exercise is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung disease. Objective: To explore the role of physical activity in maintaining cardiac and ...

1 NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia 2 Physical ...