Objective: To formulate diagnostic criteria for exercise dependence. Method: Fifty six adult female exercisers were interviewed about their exercise behaviour and attitudes. The eating disorders ...

(BJSM) is the leading, peer-reviewed journal in sports medicine, with additional multimedia resources.

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...

3 Department of Physical Education, School of Education, University of Cadiz, Puerto Real, Spain 4 Department of Physical Education, School of Physical Activity and sport Sciences, University of ...

This review focuses on the characteristics of tennis players during match play and provides a greater insight into the energy demands of tennis. A tennis match often lasts longer than an hour and in ...

Elite athletes endeavour to train and compete even when ill or injured. Their motivation may be intrinsic or due to coach and team pressures. The sports medicine physician plays an important role to ...

Objective To examine factors associated with tackles in rugby union and to assess their impact on the risk of injury. Design Two-season (2003/2004 and 2005/2006) prospective cohort design with video ...

Correspondence to Julianne Ryan, Department of Clinical Therapies, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; julianner03{at}gmail.com Background Groin/hip ...

4 GENUD ‘Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development’ Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain 5 Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Faculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), ...

Background—Several reports indicate that physical activity can reduce the severity of symptoms in depressed patients. Some data suggest that even a single exercise bout may result in a substantial ...

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.

1 Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 2 Department of Physiology, Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, ...