1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, ...

Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...

Objectives To explore the factors that facilitate or hinder the development of healthy tennis clubs in the Netherlands and to identify suitable interventions that would help clubs to reach ‘healthy ...

1 Consultant Physiotherapist, South Devon NHS Healthcare Trust, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, UK 2 Consultant Physiotherapist, St George’s NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK; Visiting Reader, St George’s ...

Correspondence to: Dr Billett, Department of Life Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK ellen.billett{at}ntu.ac.uk Objectives—To determine in this pilot study ...

Background Regular aerobic exercise prevents and reverses arterial stiffening, but the association between resistance training and arterial stiffness is unclear. Aim This study was performed to ...

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Dr T E Andersen Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of ...

Objective Some injury prevention programmes aim to reduce the risk of ACL rupture. Although the most common athletic task leading to ACL rupture is cutting, there is currently no consensus on how ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Professor Margo Mountjoy, Family Medicine, McMaster University Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo, ON N2G 1C5, Canada; mountjm{at ...

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the risk of incident patellofemoral pain. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis, with strength of evidence evaluated separately ...

Objectives To identify the relationship between field performance in a hot environment and individual heat acclimatisation responses in football players. Methods Nineteen semiprofessional football ...