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Spikes in acute workload are associated with increased injury risk in elite cricket fast bowlers

Objective To determine if the comparison of acute and chronic workload is associated with increased injury risk in elite cricket fast bowlers. Methods Data were collected from 28 fast bowlers who ...
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Heading to guidance: understanding in-training heading demands for elite men’s and women’s football

Objective To investigate the heading demands of elite footballers during training sessions using instrumented mouthguards (iMGs). Methods Methods followed the Consensus Head Acceleration Measure ...
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Physical inactivity: the biggest public health problem of the 21st century

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Injury-prevention priorities according to playing position in professional rugby union players

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 ...
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Stretching before exercise: an evidence based approach

Department of Physiology, McGill University Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research SMBD-Jewish General Hospital Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, ...
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What is the effect of health coaching on physical activity participation in people aged 60 years and over? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Correspondence to Dr Juliana S Oliveira, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, PO Box M201 Missenden Rd, New South Wales 2050, Australia; ...
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Low energy availability surrogates correlate with health and performance consequences of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

Low energy availability (EA) is suspected to be the underlying cause of both the Female Athlete Triad and the more recently defined syndrome, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). The ...
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Treatment of osteitis pubis and osteomyelitis of the pubic symphysis in athletes: a systematic review

The Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA Correspondence to Dr Haemi Choi, The Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center, 2050 Kenny Road, Suite 3100, Columbus, OH 43221 ...
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Infographic. Pain or injury? Why differentiation matters in exercise and sports medicine

Correspondence to Dr Morten Hoegh, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9100 Aalborg, Denmark; msh{at}hst.aau.dk Successful management of tissue injury cannot rely solely ...
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Ultrasonography of fractures in sports medicine

High-resolution ultrasound is emerging as an important imaging modality in fracture assessment due to its availability, ease of use and multiplanar capabilities. Its usefulness includes injury ...
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Two simple clinical tests for predicting onset of medial tibial stress syndrome: shin palpation test and shin oedema test

Correspondence to Phil Newman, University of Canberra, Department of Physiotherapy, 12D52, Monana Street, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; phillip.newman{at}canberra.edu.au ...
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Egg freezing: expanding family-planning options for the elite female athlete

Female sport is having its moment. The unprecedented visibility, investment and support for female athletes across the world is creating opportunities that didn’t exist 5 years ago. This has allowed ...