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Superior compliance with a neuromuscular training programme is associated with fewer ACL injuries and fewer acute knee injuries in female adolescent football players: secondary ...

1 Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 2 Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 3 Department of ...
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International Paralympic Committee position stand—background and scientific principles of classification in Paralympic sport

The Classification Code of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), inter alia, mandates the development of evidence-based systems of classification. This paper provides a scientific background ...
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Physiology of sport rock climbing

Rock climbing has increased in popularity as both a recreational physical activity and a competitive sport. Climbing is physiologically unique in requiring sustained and intermittent isometric forearm ...
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Would they dope? Revisiting the Goldman dilemma

Background/aim Discussions of doping often report Goldman's sensational results that half of the elite athletes asked would take a drug that guaranteed sporting success which would also result in ...
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Dentofacial trauma and players’ attitude towards mouthguard use in field hockey: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Strahinja Vucic, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Special Dental Care and Orthodontics, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P. O. Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The ...
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Older people's perspectives on participation in physical activity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature

1 The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ...
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Self-efficacy and risk of persistent shoulder pain: results of a Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Chester, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; r.chester{at}uea.ac.uk Objectives To (i) ...
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Injury and injury rates in Muay Thai kick boxing

Correspondence to: Mr Malik, Department of Orthopaedics. Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LP, UK hammymalik{at}hotmail.com Objective—To determine the type and number of ...
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Association of psychological variables and outcome in tendinopathy: a systematic review

Objective Fear, anxiety, depression, distress and catastrophisation are all factors known to affect pain and disability levels. To date, the association of such psychological factors has yet to be ...
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BJSM Key Publishing Resources

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Sidestep cutting technique and knee abduction loading: implications for ACL prevention exercises

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to Eirik Kristianslund, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, PB ...