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 ...

4 University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport & Exercise, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 5 Centre of Excellence for Applied Sport Science Research, Queensland Academy of ...

Correspondence to Dr William M Brown, Department of Sport Science and Physical Activity, Faculty of Education and Sport, Institute of Sport and Physical Activity Research, University of Bedfordshire, ...

Correspondence to Aali J Sheen, Department of Hernia Surgery, University of Manchester, Central Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; aali.sheen{at}cmft.nhs.uk If you ...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of pre-season dance training on back pain, joint mobility, and muscle flexibility, and on speed and agility in elite cross-country skiers. Methods: 26 skiers ...

Background To test whether working body schema of the trunk is disrupted in people with back pain using a motor imagery task in which one decides whether a pictured model has their trunk rotated to ...

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Objective To estimate the dose–response associations between non-occupational physical activity and several chronic disease and mortality outcomes in the general adult population. Design Systematic ...

Objective: To determine if an athlete’s capacity to perform exercise is impaired following concussion and whether this would be reflected by an altered heart rate response. Methods: Of the 14 ...

Objectives To describe age group patterns for injury incidence, severity and burden in elite male youth football. Methods Prospective cohort study capturing data on individual exposure and time-loss ...

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 ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium 2 Centre of Sports Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium 3 Department of Physical ...