Competitive tennis play requires a combination of the major physiological variables; however, the specifics of these variables have yet to be determined appropriately. General strength and flexibility ...

3 Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Correspondence to Martin Hägglund, Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical ...

Objectives: To examine how different safety rope protocols impact on subjective anxiety and self-confidence levels and plasma cortisol concentrations and the relationship between subjective states and ...

Objective Self-reports of physical activity (PA) have been the mainstay of measurement in most non-communicable disease (NCD) surveillance systems. To these, other measures are added to summate to a ...

2 NHS Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust, Birmingham, UK 3 NHS Birmingham East & North Primary Care Trust, Birmingham, UK 4 Department of Statistics, Public Health Building, University of ...

Objective Calcaneal apophysitis, is a relatively common cause of heel pain in children. Very few randomised studies have evaluated treatment options. This trial compared the effectiveness of currently ...

School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Professor Caroline Finch, School of Human Movement and Sport Science, University of ...

Institute of Youth Sport, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Dr Caroline Sunderland, School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Nottingham Trent ...

Aim To summarise the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of physical therapy on pain, function and range of motion in individuals with subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS). Design Systematic ...

3 Department of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to Jeremy Witchalls, Department of Physical Therapies, Australian Institute of Sport, Leverier Crescent, ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Erasmus MC—University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery & Hand Surgery ...

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Dr R Bahr Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of ...