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Effects of evidence-based prevention training on neuromuscular and biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury in adolescent female athletes: a randomised controlled trial

6 Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark Background Adolescent female football and handball players are among the athletes with the highest risk of ...
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The New Zealand rugby injury and performance project. VI. A prospective cohort study of risk factors for injury in rugby union football

1 Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of ...
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Physical activity and exercise 'snacks: a small step towards big gains in severe mental illness

A recent meta-analysis by Rodríguez et al 1 published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine makes an important contribution to the understanding of ‘exercise snacks’—defined as brief, structured ...
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Screening the athlete’s shoulder for impingement symptoms: a clinical reasoning algorithm for early detection of shoulder pathology

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Ann Cools, University Hospital Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation ...
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Accupedo pedometer: daily walking step counter

Correspondence to Dr Zoran Milanović, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Čarnojevićeva 10a, Niš 18000, Serbia; zoooro_85{at}yahoo.com ...
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MEASURING SHOULDER EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ROTATION STRENGTH WITH A HAND-HELD DYNAMOMETER, AND RANGE OF MOTION USING A GONIOMETER AND A DIGITAL ...

Background Shoulder range of motion (ROM) and strength measurements are imperative in the clinical assessment of the overhead athlete in the prevention and rehabilitation of sports related shoulder ...
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Ocular sports injuries: the current picture

Objectives—To determine the recent incidence of eye injury due to sport in Scotland, identify any trend, and establish which sports are responsible for most injury? The type of injury and final visual ...
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Compliance with a comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in youth football

Background Participants' compliance, attitudes and beliefs have the potential to influence the efficacy of an intervention greatly. Objective To characterise team and player compliance with a ...
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Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool 6 (SCOAT6)

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2016 consensus statement of the International Ankle Consortium: prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains

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 ...
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Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To evaluate prevention strategies, their unintended consequences and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussion (SRC) and/or head impact risk. Design This systematic review and ...
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Cycling is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases and death: Part 1 – systematic review of cohort studies with meta-analysis

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cycling as a physical activity holds great potential to prevent CVD. We aimed to determine whether cycling reduces the ...