Background Information on the prevalence of mental health problems of elite athletes is inconclusive, most probably due to methodological limitations, such as low response rates, heterogeneous samples ...

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Professor Stuart Biddle, Physical Activity and Public Health, School of Sport, Exercise and ...

Correspondence to Professor Leon Straker, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia; L.Straker{at}curtin.edu.au Physical activity researchers have a ...

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Correspondence to The International Society for Physical Activity and Health, Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ...

1 Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 2 Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, York, UK 3 ...

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 ...

Background Leisure time is increasingly spent in sedentary pursuits such as screen-viewing (eg, television/DVD viewing and computer use), motorised travel, school/work and sitting-based socialising ...

Background Little information exists on the illness and injury patterns of athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Among the possible explanations for the current lack of knowledge ...

Competitive tennis play requires a combination of the major physiological variables; however, the specifics of these variables have yet to be determined appropriately. General strength and flexibility ...

Objective: To demonstrate the utility of a practical measure of lean mass for monitoring changes in the body composition of athletes. Methods: Between 1999 and 2003 body mass and sum of seven ...

1 Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe ...