Objective: To describe the epidemiology of injuries in the Australian Football League (AFL) over four seasons. Methods: An injury was defined as “any physical or medical condition that caused a player ...

Background Recent investigation of human tissue and cells from positional tendons such as the rotator cuff has clarified the importance of inflammation in the development and progression of tendon ...

Objective The distribution of injuries affecting professional golfers is yet to be fully understood. We performed a systematic review of the clinical literature to establish the epidemiology of ...

Objective: To determine whether quantified, auditable records of functional rehabilitation can be generated using subjective assessments of players’ performance in fitness tests routinely used in ...

1 University of East London, School of Health and Biosciences, Stratford Campus, Romford Road, London E15 4LZ 2 University of Wolverhampton, School of Sport, Performing Arts, and Leisure, Gorway Road, ...

Objective: To examine in a cross sectional study the influence of femoral torsion (FT) and passive hip external rotation (PER) on turnout (TO). Starting age, years of classical ballet training, and ...

MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa Correspondence to ...

1 Health and Exercise Science, School of Medical Science, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia 2 NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, New ...

Facoltè di Medicina e Chirurgia, Corso di Laurea Specialistica in Scienze e Tecnica dello Sport, Universitè degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italia Objective: The lower impact on the musculoskeletal ...

Objective: To establish the validity of a 15 m multistage shuttle run test (MSRT) as a predictor of anaerobic capacity (expressed as mean power output (MPO) from the 30 second Wingate anaerobic test ...

Background: It is well established that prolonged, exhaustive endurance exercise is capable of inducing skeletal muscle damage and temporary impairment of muscle function. Although skeletal muscle has ...

Correspondence to Dr Josephine Y Chau, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; josephine.chau{at}sydney.edu.au If you wish to reuse any or ...