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Return to play in elite sport: a shared decision-making process

Correspondence to Dr H Paul Dijkstra, Sports Medicine Department, ASPETAR, QATAR Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, PO Box 29222, Doha, Qatar; paul.dijkstra{at}aspetar.com Illness or injury ...
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Post-exertional malaise and the myth of cardiac deconditioning: rethinking the pathophysiology of long covid

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Cycling is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases and death: Part 1 – systematic review of cohort studies with meta-analysis

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cycling as a physical activity holds great potential to prevent CVD. We aimed to determine whether cycling reduces the ...
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Pre-event ‘medical time out’

Medical emergencies are an inherent risk in any sport, transcending boundaries and impacting athletes globally. From a cervical spine injury on the (American) football field to a sudden cardiac arrest ...
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Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community: an abridged Cochrane systematic review

Objectives To assess the effects of exercise interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials evaluating the ...
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Do Functional Movement Screen (FMS) composite scores predict subsequent injury? A systematic review with meta-analysis

Correspondence to Robert W Moran, Health Care, Unitec Institute of Technology Private Bag 92025, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; rmoran{at}unitec.ac.nz Aim This paper aims to systematically review studies ...
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Great Britain Rowing Team Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Rib Stress Injury: Part 2 – The Guideline itself

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A randomised, placebo controlled trial of low level laser therapy for activated Achilles tendinitis with microdialysis measurement of peritendinous prostaglandin E

Background: Low level laser therapy (LLLT) has gained increasing popularity in the management of tendinopathy and arthritis. Results from in vitro and in vivo studies have suggested that inflammatory ...
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Normal electrocardiographic findings: recognising physiological adaptations in athletes

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...
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Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

4 School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Professor Catherine Sherrington, The George Institute for Global Health ...
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Workload, injury prevention and the quest for greater pitching velocity in adolescent baseball players: the sports medicine conundrum

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Superior compliance with a neuromuscular training programme is associated with fewer ACL injuries and fewer acute knee injuries in female adolescent football players: secondary ...

1 Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 2 Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 3 Department of ...