3 Division of Genetics, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain Correspondence to Amelia Carro Hevia, Division of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario, Central de Asturias, Julián ...

Competitive tennis play requires a combination of the major physiological variables; however, the specifics of these variables have yet to be determined appropriately. General strength and flexibility ...

Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...

Background The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for girls/women has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3–6 times more likely to experience injury compared with boys/men. To date ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert G McCormack, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Suite 102-65 Richmond Street, New Westminster, BC, Canada V3L5P5; drbobmccormack{at}me.com ...

1 Visiting Professor at University College Chester, UK, University College Dublin, Ireland, and the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway 2 Centre for the Sociology of ...

Objectives: There has been growing controversy regarding long term effects of repeated low severity head impacts such as when heading a football. However, there are few scientific data substantiating ...

Centre for Sports Training and Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Correspondence to Dr E Yeung, Centre for Sports ...

Objective To evaluate the relative risk (RR) of serious and non-serious adverse events in patients treated with exercise therapy compared with those in a non-exercising control group. Design ...