Women with clinically severe obesity are at risk of poor physical and mental health. Lifestyle interventions must be developed to support exercise participation for this group. The factors influencing ...

Time-to-event is a powerful statistical approach increasingly used in sports science and medicine to examine time-to-event outcomes such as time to sports injury occurrence, career duration and ...

Approximately 1.7 billion people worldwide live with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, 1 contributing to a high socioeconomic burden exceeding €250 billion in Europe2 and US$180 billion in the USA.3 Beyond ...

Decision-making for the optimal management of traumatic knee injuries can be challenging. Clinical trials reveal only small ...

Objectives Early protective motion (EPM) treatment, using a rigid functional knee brace for acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, has been reported to restore ACL function. This study aimed ...

Objective Handgrip strength (HGS) is a simple, non-invasive measure associated with disability, frailty and disease activity ...

Introduction Sports-related concussions (SRCs) are frequently under-reported in youth sports, especially football, due to limited awareness, inconsistent reporting practices and a lack of medical ...

Purpose Participation in equestrian sports is associated with a high risk of concussion. In collegiate equestrian sports, helmets are not required in all divisions, but the incidence of concussion ...

53 ‘Have we thrown the baby out with the bath water?’ A scoping review of the 32 summer olympic sports international federations’ pregnancy and postpartum policies and guidance ...

Introduction and Purpose Measurements of chest wall thickness (CWT) to examine the potential failure rates of needle decompression in elite rugby players and compare to previous studies. Measurements ...

Introduction and Purpose Isokinetic dynamometry (IKD) is used to assess knee extensor strength for return to play (RTP) following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). A post-ACLR RTP ...

Injury prevention in sports remains a perpetual challenge, frequently hindered by linear approaches that fail to account for the complexity of real-world scenarios. We propose a paradigm shift in this ...