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Tai chi: physiological characteristics and beneficial effects on health
1 Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr Li, ...
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Enhancing access to prostheses in sports: a call to action for the future of Paralympic athletes
The recent call by Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead for improved access to advanced prosthetics within the National Health Service (NHS) underscores a critical issue in sports and rehabilitation: ...
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Elite para athletes with active coping behaviour are less likely to report a sports injury
Objective Elite para athletes report a high incidence of sports injuries. Research suggests that athletes’ strategies to manage adversities may influence the sports injury risk, but knowledge about ...
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Maternal and fetal responses to acute high-intensity resistance exercise during pregnancy
Methods 10 healthy pregnant (26.4±3.2 weeks gestation) and 10 healthy non-pregnant individuals were recruited (34.8±6 and 33.5±2.9 years, respectively). At least 48 hours after baseline strength ...
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Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football (soccer) injuries
Variations in definitions and methodologies have created differences in the results and conclusions obtained from studies of football (soccer) injuries, making interstudy comparisons difficult.
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Cam morphology in young male football players mostly develops before proximal femoral growth plate closure: a prospective study with 5-yearfollow-up
Correspondence to Pim van Klij, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam 3015CE, The Netherlands; p.vanklij{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives Cam morphology is not completely understood.
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The groin triangle: a patho-anatomical approach to the diagnosis of chronic groin pain in athletes
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 ...
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Physical activity during adolescence and the development of cam morphology: a cross-sectional cohort study of 210 individuals
Introduction Cam morphology is a strong risk factor for the development of hip pain and osteoarthritis. It is increasingly thought to develop in association with intense physical activity during youth ...
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Selection criteria for patients with chronic ankle instability in controlled research: a position statement of the International Ankle Consortium
10 Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, New Jersey, USA 11 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA The ...
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What do under 15 year old schoolboy rugby union players think about protective headgear?
Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...
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The effects of an exercise intervention on forward head and rounded shoulder postures in elite swimmers
Objectives To examine the correction of posture, increase in strength and decrease in shoulder pain and dysfunction in varsity swimmers. Design and Setting Randomised clinical trial. Participants ...
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Injury surveillance in multi-sport events: the International Olympic Committee approach
Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...