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Recreational and ergogenic substance use and substance use disorders in elite athletes: a narrative review

Correspondence to Dr David McDuff, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 21201, USA; dmcduff52{at}gmail.com Background Substances from various classes may be used for ...
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Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study

Background Knee reinjury after ACL reconstruction is common and increases the risk of osteoarthritis. There is sparse evidence to guide return to sport (RTS) decisions in this population. Objectives ...
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Physiotherapist-delivered stress inoculation training integrated with exercise versus physiotherapy exercise alone for acute whiplash-associated disorder (StressModex): a ...

Correspondence to Professor Michele Sterling, Recover Injury Research Centre and NHMRC CRE in Road Traffic Injury Recovery, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; m.sterling{at}uq ...
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Effects of evidence-based prevention training on neuromuscular and biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury in adolescent female athletes: a randomised controlled trial

6 Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark Background Adolescent female football and handball players are among the athletes with the highest risk of ...
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Practical tips to manage travel fatigue and jet lag in athletes

Travel forms an integral part of modern-day athletes lives. The interrelated effects of travel fatigue, jet lag and increased risk of illness, are likely to affect performance unless managed ...
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Physical activity and exercise 'snacks: a small step towards big gains in severe mental illness

A recent meta-analysis by Rodríguez et al 1 published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine makes an important contribution to the understanding of ‘exercise snacks’—defined as brief, structured ...
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Remembering Steven N Blair for making physical activity count every step of the way

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin D Boudreaux, Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York 10032, NY, USA; bb3132{at}cumc.columbia.edu Purposeful, ...
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Physical examination of the elbow, what is the evidence? A systematic literature review

Correspondence to Elisa L Zwerus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shoulder and elbow unit, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Oosterpark 9, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; elisazwerus{at}gmail.com ...
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MEASURING SHOULDER EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ROTATION STRENGTH WITH A HAND-HELD DYNAMOMETER, AND RANGE OF MOTION USING A GONIOMETER AND A DIGITAL ...

Background Shoulder range of motion (ROM) and strength measurements are imperative in the clinical assessment of the overhead athlete in the prevention and rehabilitation of sports related shoulder ...
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Compliance with a comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in youth football

Background Participants' compliance, attitudes and beliefs have the potential to influence the efficacy of an intervention greatly. Objective To characterise team and player compliance with a ...
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Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool 6 (SCOAT6)

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2016 consensus statement of the International Ankle Consortium: prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains

The Executive Committee of the International Ankle Consortium presents this 2016 position paper with recommendations for information implementation and continued research based on the paradigm that ...