Despite increased knowledge of hamstring muscle injuries, the incidence has not diminished. We now know that not all hamstring injuries are the same and that certain types of injuries require ...

5 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a well-recognised risk factor for dementia and represents a ...

Since the recent announcement that Sport Climbing was selected to be part of the next Summer Olympic Games in 2020, climbers around the world are eager to see their sport on the most world-renowned ...

Background Open-water swimming (OWS) is a popular mass-participation sport in the UK; however, it presents unique safety and medical challenges. Objective To compare the incidence of illness and ...

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...

Objective To investigate the association of running participation and the dose of running with the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Correspondence to Dr A Malhotra, Department of Cardiology, Frimley Park Hospital and Consultant Clinical Associate to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges; aseem_malhotra{at}hotmail.com A recent ...

Female participation and professionalisation within sport is growing, leading to greater investment, competition and publicity. Despite this, there is a lack of female-specific research and frameworks ...

Objective To examine whether a multicomponent commercial fitness app with very small (‘micro’) financial incentives (FI) increased population-level device-assessed physical activity (PA) over 2 years.

Correspondence to Adam Gledhill, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS6 3QS, UK; adam.gledhill{at}leedsbeckett.ac.uk Objective To systematically review studies examining the ...

Objectives: To evaluate the reliability and validity of measures taken during the Chester step test (CST) used to predict VO 2 max and prescribe subsequent exercise. Methods: The CST was performed ...