Objective To study the injury characteristics in professional football and to follow the variation of injury incidence during a match, during a season and over consecutive seasons. Design Prospective ...

4 Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar 5 Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar ...

Correspondence to Professor Sofia Thorsson, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-405 30, Sweden; sofia.thorsson{at}gvc.gu.se Background The Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature ...

1 Research Centre on Aging, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 2 Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Correspondence to Dr ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium 2 Centre of Sports Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium 3 Department of Physical ...

The purpose of this study was to present a systematic overview of published reports on the incidence and associated potential risk factors of lower extremity running injuries in long distance runners.

Correspondence to Dr Morten Hoegh, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9100 Aalborg, Denmark; msh{at}hst.aau.dk Successful management of tissue injury cannot rely solely ...

Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (TUMS), Pich-Shemiran, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor M R Hadian, Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of ...

Objective: To investigate whether underlying medical conditions contribute to the fatigue and high incidence of infections that can occur during repeated intense training. Method: Forty one ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...

Objectives To describe the injury characteristics of male youth athletes exposed to year-round athletics programmes. Methods Injury surveillance data were prospectively collected by medical staff in a ...

Background High-quality clinical evidence suggests that although acupuncture appears superior to usual care in the management of chronic low back pain, there is little meaningful difference between ...