Objectives This study assessed knowledge, beliefs and practices of elite female footballers regarding injury prevention. Methods A survey was sent to players participating in the FIFA Women’s World ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Professor Thomas Gronwald, Institute of Interdisciplinary Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany; ...

Overuse injuries may represent as much of a problem as do acute injuries in many sports. This paper reviews key concepts related to the methodology for recording overuse symptoms. Results from the ...

Objective: To conduct a detailed analysis of hamstring injuries sustained in English professional football over two competitive seasons. Methods: Club medical staff at 91 professional football clubs ...

Tendons are designed to take tensile load, but excessive load can cause overuse tendinopathy. Overuse tendinopathy results in extensive changes to the cells and extracellular matrix, resulting in ...

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 ...

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Sports Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr Henk van der Worp, Center for Sports Medicine, University ...

The case reported is of a 46 year old male who presented with a history of acute on chronic knee pain. The clinical features and investigations suggested a tear of the quadriceps tendon, with ...

Objectives: This non-randomised pilot study investigated the effect of eccentric quadriceps training on 17 patients (22 tendons) with painful chronic patellar tendinopathy. Results: Good clinical ...

Objective In this study, the injury incidence and association with type and volume of training in international rowers were described. Design A prospective cohort design was used over a 12-month ...

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...