3 Division of Genetics, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain Correspondence to Amelia Carro Hevia, Division of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario, Central de Asturias, Julián ...
Despite extensive use over 40 years, physical activity questionnaires still show limited reliability and validity. Measurements have value in indicating conditions where an increase in physical ...
Background Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting are two sports that expose the body to great forces. Injury characteristics have not been systematically reviewed for these two growing sports.
Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...
Correspondence to: Dr Stevenson, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Objective—To describe ...
Correspondence to Professor Tim J Gabbett, Gabbett Performance Solutions, Brisbane, QLD, Australia and University of Southern Queensland, Institute for Resilient Regions, Ipswich, QLD, Australia; ...
Improvements in hamstring injury risk management strategies are necessary, especially in sports requiring ‘sprinting’ (ie, maximal acceleration and/or velocity). Sprinting represents about two-thirds ...
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 ...
Correspondence to: Dr Minoyama Fuji Toranomon Orthopaedic Hospital, Sports Medical Centre, 1067-1 Kawashimada, Gotemba City, Shizuoka 412-0045, Japan; msportsdr{at}aol.com Background: Research on ...
1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...
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 ...
Objective: The injury data from the first two seasons of the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) were analysed to determine the injury incidence, anatomic location of injuries, and relation of ...