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Responsiveness of the VISA-P scale for patellar tendinopathy in athletes

1 Department of Pathology and Surgery, Physiotherapy Area, University Miguel Hernandez, Sant Joan, Alicante, Spain 2 Department of Basic Psychology and Methodology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain ...
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Keeping your top players on the pitch: the key to football medicine at a professional level

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Long-term health outcomes of youth sports injuries

Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, London, UK Injuries can counter the beneficial effects of sports participation at a ...
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Accelerometer-based measures in physical activity surveillance: current practices and issues

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 ...
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Managing the health of the elite athlete: a new integrated performance health management and coaching model

Elite athletes endeavour to train and compete even when ill or injured. Their motivation may be intrinsic or due to coach and team pressures. The sports medicine physician plays an important role to ...
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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, ...
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Genes encoding proteoglycans are associated with the risk of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures

4 The South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence to Dr Alison V September, MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, ...
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Television viewing time and reduced life expectancy: a life table analysis

1 Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2 Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, ...
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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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Risk factors for groin injury in sport: an updated systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Jackie L Whittaker, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; ...
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Shockwave treatment for medial tibial stress syndrome in athletes; a prospective controlled study

3 Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Center Haaglanden, Leidschendam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr M H Moen, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Department, University Medical Center ...
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Injury patterns differ with age in male youth football: a four-season prospective study of 1111 time-loss injuries in an elite national academy

Objectives To describe age group patterns for injury incidence, severity and burden in elite male youth football. Methods Prospective cohort study capturing data on individual exposure and time-loss ...