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Great Britain Rowing Team Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Rib Stress Injury: Part 2 – The Guideline itself

Correspondence to Dr Guy Evans, Great Britain Rowing Medical Team – British Rowing, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; guy.evans{at}gbrowingteam.org.uk If you wish to reuse ...
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Practical tips to manage travel fatigue and jet lag in athletes

Correspondence to Professor Dina Christina (Christa) Janse van Rensburg, Section Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; christa.jansevanrensburg{at}up.ac.za In ...
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Injuries around the knee – Symposium

Knee and shoulder injuries commonly occur in sports. Knee injury accounts for 41% of all sports injuries. One fifth of them involve the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Other injuries include ...
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Stem cell injections in knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the literature

Objective Stem cell injection for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is an emerging new therapy, and we aimed to review its evidence of efficacy. Design Systematic review. Eligibility criteria Criteria for ...
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Outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest in US high schools: a 2-year prospective study from the National Registry for AED Use in Sports

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Harborview Center for Prehospital Emergency Care, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA ...
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The validation of a novel activity monitor in the measurement of posture and motion during everyday activities

Background: Accurate measurement of physical activity patterns can be used to identify sedentary behaviour and may facilitate interventions aimed at reducing inactivity. Objective: To evaluate the ...
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Getting tough on concussion: how welfare-driven law change may improve player safety—a Rugby Union experience

Correspondence to Dr Éanna Cian Falvey, Medical, World Rugby, 8-10 Pembroke Street Lower Dublin 2, Ireland; Eanna.Falvey{at}worldrugby.org In 2016, World Rugby completed a large-scale study ...
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Bidirectional association between injuries and mental health symptoms among elite athletes: a systematic review

Objectives To assess (1) the association between mental health symptoms and subsequent injury and (2) the association between injury and subsequent mental health symptoms. Design Systematic review ...
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BJSM E-edition: Female athlete health

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM)'s special edition on women's health, including the female athele, pregnancy and the menstrual cycle ...
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THE IMPACT OF THE TACKLE: SHOULDER INJURIES IN A RUGBY UNION TEAM

Background Rugby Union (rugby) is the third most popular contact sport in the world and has one of the highest reported incidences of injuries amongst all sports. Thoroughly characterising these ...
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The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center questionnaire on health problems: a new approach to prospective monitoring of illness and injury in elite athletes

Background Little information exists on the illness and injury patterns of athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Among the possible explanations for the current lack of knowledge ...
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The effects of eccentric training on lower limb flexibility: a systematic review

Correspondence to Kieran O’Sullivan, Department of Clinical Therapies, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; kieran.osullivan{at}ul.ie Background Reduced flexibility has been documented in ...