Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...

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 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 ...

Objective Low physical activity (PA) levels are associated with increased mortality. Improved measurement has resulted in stronger proven associations between PA and mortality, but this has not yet ...

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 ...

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Objective To estimate the dose–response associations between non-occupational physical activity and several chronic disease and mortality outcomes in the general adult population. Design Systematic ...

Objective: To determine if an athlete’s capacity to perform exercise is impaired following concussion and whether this would be reflected by an altered heart rate response. Methods: Of the 14 ...

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Chester, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; r.chester{at}uea.ac.uk Objectives To (i) ...

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 ...

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 ...