Objectives—Commercially available football head protectors were tested to determine their impact energy attenuation performance and ability to reduce the likelihood of concussion. Methods—Prospective ...

1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Background Psychological factors ...

1 National Center for Fetal Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital (St Olav's Hospital), Trondheim, Norway 2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Norwegian University of ...

4 University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport & Exercise, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 5 Centre of Excellence for Applied Sport Science Research, Queensland Academy of ...

Performance in athletic activities that include a significant aerobic component at mild or moderate altitudes shows a large individual variation. Physiologically, a large portion of the negative ...

Correspondence to Aali J Sheen, Department of Hernia Surgery, University of Manchester, Central Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; aali.sheen{at}cmft.nhs.uk If you ...

Background Sideline detection is the first and most significant step in recognising a potential concussion and removing an athlete from harm. This systematic review aims to evaluate the critical ...

The current pre-eminent focus in osteoarthritis research and clinical practice is on persons with established radiographic disease. This is the very end-stage of disease genesis and modern therapies ...

Objectives: To examine the influence of different playing surfaces on in-shoe loading patterns during tennis-specific movements. Methods: Ten experienced male players performed two types of ...

Objective To investigate the underlying causes and regional patterns of sudden death in football (soccer) players worldwide to inform and improve existing screening and prevention measures. Methods ...

1 Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Objectives: To determine if athletes with a ...

Elite athletes are particularly susceptible to sleep inadequacies, characterised by habitual short sleep (<7 hours/night) and poor sleep quality (eg, sleep fragmentation). Athletic performance is ...