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Cycling is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases and death: Part 1 – systematic review of cohort studies with meta-analysis

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cycling as a physical activity holds great potential to prevent CVD. We aimed to determine whether cycling reduces the ...
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Republished research: Implementation research: what it is and how to do it

1 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; If you wish to reuse any ...
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Managing the health of the elite athlete: a new integrated performance health management and coaching model

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 ...
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Walking on sunshine: scoping review of the evidence for walking and mental health

Background/objectives Walking has well-established positive relationships with, and effects on, physical health. In contrast, while poor mental health contributes substantially to global health burden ...
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Hamstring strain injuries: are we heading in the right direction?

Acute hamstring injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries reported in sport. Despite a thorough and concentrated effort to prevent and rehabilitate hamstring injuries, injury occurrence and ...
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Injury incidence and characteristics for elite, male, artistic USA gymnastics competitions from 2008 to 2018

Objectives To determine the injury incidence and characteristics for elite, male, artistic USA gymnasts during gymnastics competitions, held in the USA, from 2008 to 2018. Methods Injury documentation ...
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Sprinting: a key piece of the hamstring injury risk management puzzle

Correspondence to Pr Pascal Edouard, Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine Unit, IRMIS, Campus Santé Innovations, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne 42 055, ...
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Dieting to win or to be thin? A study of dieting and disordered eating among adolescent elite athletes and non-athlete controls

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to Professor J Sundgot-Borgen, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, ...
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A treatment algorithm for managing Achilles tendinopathy: new treatment options

2 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to: Dr J Cook Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe ...
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Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 6 (SCAT6)

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Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for the diagnosis of hip femoroacetabular impingement/labral tear: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Methods A computer-assisted literature search of MEDLINE, CINAHL and EMBASE databases using keywords related to diagnostic accuracy of the hip joint, as well as the Preferred Reporting Items for ...
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Factors associated with participation in resistance training: a systematic review

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 ...