Background High incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears among female basketball players requires a proper understanding of the risk factors in order to reduce the number of these severe ...

Objective Guardian Caps (GCs) have been widely implemented at all levels of American football participation based on ...

1 Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa 2 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, ...

It is well documented that exercise performance is greatly influenced by nutrition. The key factor in coping with the heavy demands of exercise faced by elite athletes seems to be carbohydrate intake.

Overuse tendinopathy is problematic to manage clinically. People of different ages with tendons under diverse loads present with varying degrees of pain, irritability, and capacity to function.

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, University of Sport & Physical Education, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Professor Bahr, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, University of Sport & Physical ...

Background/aim Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is defined as a separation of the 2 muscle bellies of rectus abdominis. To date there is scant knowledge on prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...

Chronic groin pain is a common presentation in sports medicine. It is most often a problem in those sports that involve kicking and twisting movements while running. The morbidity of groin pain should ...

Center for Sports Medicine, University Center for Sport, Exercise and Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands J Zwerver, Center for Sports ...

Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA Professor Arthur F Kramer, University of Illinois Beckman Institute 405 N. Matthews Ave, ...