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Conservative treatments for greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a systematic review

1 MSK CATS, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK Correspondence to Paul A Barratt, Physiotherapy Department, Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Greater Manchester ...
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Effectiveness of after-school interventions at increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels in 5- to 18-year olds: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 2 Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, ...
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Time to return to full training is delayed and recurrence rate is higher in intratendinous (‘c’) acute hamstring injury in elite track and field athletes: clinical ...

Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, 60 Grove End Road, London NW8 9NH, UK; npollock{at}britishathletics.org.uk Background The British ...
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Supporting journal selection: an open-source academic journal verification tool for researchers in sports and exercise medicine

The landscape of academic publishing in sports and exercise medicine has changed substantially over the past two decades. In 2005, the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) indexed 94 journals in the ...
BMJ

A strategy to reduce illicit drug use is effective in elite Australian football

3 Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr Jill L Cook, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, ...
British Journal of Sports Medicine

Building the foundations: organisational leadership for athlete mental health

The WHO defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease ...
BMJ

Increased risk of injury following red and yellow cards, injuries and goals in FIFA World Cups

Objective To study the relationship between potentially game-disrupting incidents (PGDIs; red and yellow cards, goals and injuries) and the injury incidence in football. Design Prospective injury ...
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Eighty-two per cent of male professional football (soccer) players return to play at the previous level two seasons after Achilles tendon rupture treated with surgical repair

Objective To evaluate the time to return to playing following acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) and surgical repair in professional male football (soccer) players. Methods Professional male football ...
BMJ

Injury surveillance in multi-sport events: the International Olympic Committee approach

Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related mental disorders in elite athletes: a narrative review

Correspondence to Ms Cindy Miller Aron, Department of Psychiatry, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA; cind152001{at}gmail.com This narrative review examines post-traumatic stress ...
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The effectiveness of a neuromuscular prevention strategy to reduce injuries in youth soccer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Sport Medicine Centre, Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, Faculty of Kinesiology and Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, ...