Dear Editor, We recently reviewed the article " Soft-tissue Injuries Simply Need PEACE and LOVE" in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. (1) This study presented preliminary evidence suggesting ...

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 ...

Objective: To describe the physiological responses to tournament tennis in relation to prevailing environmental conditions, match notation, and skills that underpin performance. Design: 14 male ...

Background Information on the prevalence of mental health problems of elite athletes is inconclusive, most probably due to methodological limitations, such as low response rates, heterogeneous samples ...

Objective To determine the efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and investigate outcomes following the use of ESWT for athletes and physically active individuals. Design Systematic ...

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 ...

3 Wellcome Trust Biomedical Informatics Hub, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK Correspondence to Michael Nunns, Biomechanics Research Team, College of Life ...

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 ...

School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Neville Owen, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston ...

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), Botnar Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxon, UK Correspondence to Benjamin John Floyd ...

Correspondence to Dr Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, 540 South College Ave, Newark, DE 19713, USA; kgs{at}udel.edu Aim This systematic review and ...

1 Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe and Alsager Faculty, Hassal Road, Alsager ST7 2HL, UK 2 University of Nottingham Centre for Sports Medicine, ...