3 FIFA-Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland Correspondence to: Dr A Junge Schulthess Klinik, FIFA-Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), ...

Objective Guardian Caps (GCs) have been widely implemented at all levels of American football participation based on ...

Background: The psychological and physiological condition of athletes affect both their performance in competitions and their health. Rugby is an intense sport which appears to impose psychological ...

1 Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa 2 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, ...

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.

Background Regular aerobic exercise prevents and reverses arterial stiffening, but the association between resistance training and arterial stiffness is unclear. Aim This study was performed to ...

Objective To examine the association of leisure-time physical activity with mortality from influenza and pneumonia. Methods A nationally representative sample of US adults (aged ≥18 years) who ...

1 Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 2 The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ...

2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic college of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Background The use of diagnostic and interventional ...

Purpose This systematic review was conducted to identify the impact of upper body warm-up on performance and injury prevention outcomes. Methods Web of Science, MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO and ...

Background Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is a prevalent condition commencing at various points throughout life. We aimed to provide an evidence synthesis concerning predictive variables for PFP, to aid ...

Chronic groin pain is a common presentation in sports medicine. It is most often a problem in those sports that involve kicking and twisting movements while running. The morbidity of groin pain should ...