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High adherence to a neuromuscular injury prevention programme (FIFA 11+) improves functional balance and reduces injury risk in Canadian youth female football players: a ...

Background A protective effect on injury risk in youth sports through neuromuscular warm-up training routines has consistently been demonstrated. However, there is a paucity of information regarding ...
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Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in sport, and what risk factors were associated with LBP in athletes. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources ...
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Exercise training in children with asthma: a systematic review

Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands Correspondence to Maartje ...
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Return-to-play guidelines following facial fractures

1 Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, University Hospital, Coventry, UK 2 Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Worcestershire ...
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Effect of media on the mental health of elite athletes

Correspondence to Dr Cindy Chang, Orthopaedics; Family and Community Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA; cjchangsportsmd{at}gmail.com After Naomi Osaka declined press conferences at the ...
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Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 6 (SCAT6)

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Comparison of three different sit and reach tests for measurement of hamstring flexibility in female university students

1 School of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 2 School of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Ankara Background: The sit and reach ...
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The risk of chronic traumatic brain injury in professional boxing: change in exposure variables over the past century

Objectives: To determine if boxing exposure has changed over time and hence if current professional boxers are at the same risk of developing chronic traumatic brain injury (CTBI) as historical ...
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Sport specific fitness testing of elite badminton players.

Sports Science Department, Hong Kong Sports Institute, Shatin. There is a scarcity of descriptive data on the performance capacity of elite badminton players, whose fitness requirements are quite ...
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Acromiohumeral distance measurement in rotator cuff tendinopathy: is there a reliable, clinically applicable method? A systematic review

Background Narrowing of the subacromial space has been noted as a common feature of rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy. It has been implicated in the development of symptoms and forms the basis for some ...
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Risk factors for patellar tendinopathy: a systematic review of the literature

1 Center for Sports Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, ...
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Ultrasound as a predictor of time-loss injury for the patellar tendon, Achilles tendon and plantar fascia in division I collegiate athletes

Objectives Tendinopathy and fasciopathy are common conditions that can result in time-loss injury in athletes. This study aimed to determine if preseason sonographic abnormalities of the patellar ...