The Executive Committee of the International Ankle Consortium presents this 2016 position paper with recommendations for information implementation and continued research based on the paradigm that ...

Methods This cross-sectional study compared 18 elite deaf (Polish National Team) and 21 hearing (top-tier) players. Assessments included cardiopulmonary exercise testing with maximal oxygen uptake ...

Knee and shoulder injuries commonly occur in sports. Knee injury accounts for 41% of all sports injuries. One fifth of them involve the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Other injuries include ...

Low energy availability (EA) is suspected to be the underlying cause of both the Female Athlete Triad and the more recently defined syndrome, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). The ...

5 Department of Preventive Medicine Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 6 Center for Research in Health Behavior, Department of Psychology, Virginia ...

Return to play (RTP) is increasingly understood as a complex, multilayered and dynamic decision-making process that integrates clinical, physiological, psychological and ethical considerations.1 These ...

Objective To describe the incidence of injuries and illnesses sustained during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games from 23 July to 8 August 2021. Methods We recorded the daily number of athlete injuries ...

Background Several proposals for preparticipation screening to detect risk factors for sudden cardiac death in sports have been published, but referees have been neglected in this respect. Methods A ...

Travel forms an integral part of modern-day athletes lives. The interrelated effects of travel fatigue, jet lag and increased risk of illness, are likely to affect performance unless managed ...

Introduction Exercise programmes are used in the prevention and treatment of adductor-related groin injuries in soccer; however, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the intensity of frequently ...

Objective: To compare injury risk in elite football played on artificial turf compared with natural grass. Design: Prospective two-cohort study. Setting: Male European elite football leagues.

Objective Interventions to promote walking have focused on individual or group-based approaches, often via the randomised controlled trial design. Walking can also be promoted using population health ...