Background During top-level international Athletics championships, injury risk was about 100 injuries per 1000 athletes for outdoor championships, and about 63 injuries per 1000 athletes for indoors ...

Objective —To study the incidence of the most commonly sustained injuries in Argentine rugby and analyse them according to type, position and age of the players, and phase and time of play. Methods —A ...

Objective To synthesise the evidence regarding the risks and benefits of physical activity (PA), prescribed aerobic exercise treatment, rest, cognitive activity and sleep during the first 14 days ...

Airway epithelial cells act as a physical barrier against environmental toxins and injury, and modulate inflammation and the immune response. As such, maintenance of their integrity is critical.

This edition of BJSM focuses on physical activity across the continuum: from promotion and participation to its role in ...

The commonly used muscle injury grading systems based on three grades of injury, representing minor, moderate and complete injuries to the muscle, are lacking in diagnostic accuracy and provide ...

Sport, exercise and physical activity are vital for women’s health and well-being, yet returning to these activities following injury, postpartum and through ageing can be challenging.1–3 There has ...

Background It is widely accepted that athletes sustain sports injury if they train ‘too much, too soon’. However, not all athletes are built the same; some can tolerate more training than others. It ...

Objective: To describe the characteristics of badminton in order to determine the energy requirements, temporal structure, and movements in the game that indicate performance level. To use the ...

Objective To closely describe the injury inciting events of acute hamstring injuries in professional male football (soccer) using systematic video analysis. Methods Video footage from four seasons ...

The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) by young athletes has been a primary concern of sports governing bodies because of the implications for unfair advantage in performance and the potential ...

Background A few small studies have reported on the mechanisms of ACL injury in professional male football. Aim To describe the mechanisms, situational patterns and biomechanics (kinematics) of ACL ...