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British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system

4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...
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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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Injury patterns in Swedish elite athletics: annual incidence, injury types and risk factors

Objective To estimate the incidence, type and severity of musculoskeletal injuries in youth and adult elite athletics athletes and to explore risk factors for sustaining injuries. Design Prospective ...
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Biomechanics of the head for Olympic boxer punches to the face

Objective: The biomechanics of the head for punches to the jaw and the risk of head injury from translational and rotational acceleration were studied. Methods: Seven Olympic boxers from five weight ...
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International Paralympic Committee position stand—background and scientific principles of classification in Paralympic sport

The Classification Code of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), inter alia, mandates the development of evidence-based systems of classification. This paper provides a scientific background ...
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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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Psychological interventions used to reduce sports injuries: a systematic review of real-world effectiveness

Correspondence to Adam Gledhill, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS6 3QS, UK; adam.gledhill{at}leedsbeckett.ac.uk Objective To systematically review studies examining the ...
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Examining injury risk and pain perception in runners using minimalist footwear

Background This study examines the effect of progressive increases in footwear minimalism on injury incidence and pain perception in recreational runners. Methods One hundred and three runners with ...
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Low injury rate strongly correlates with team success in Qatari professional football

1 Department of Sports Medicine, Aspetar-Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar 2 Department of Research and Education, Aspetar-Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, ...
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Early functional rehabilitation or cast immobilisation for the postoperative management of acute Achilles tendon rupture? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert G McCormack, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Suite 102-65 Richmond Street, New Westminster, BC, Canada V3L5P5; drbobmccormack{at}me.com ...
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Public health guidelines for physical activity during pregnancy from around the world: a scoping review

Background and objective Despite the known health benefits of physical activity (PA), pregnancy is a time of marked decline in PA levels. To provide women with reliable and trustworthy information, ...
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Muscle activity during the golf swing

In the right hands, the golf swing is a motion that inspires looks of awe from the public. It is a complex movement of the whole body to generate power to a golf ball to propel the ball great ...