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Brain damage in American Football Inevitable consequence or avoidable risk?
1 Director of Student Health and Sports Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA 2 Professor and Pomerene chair, Department of Family Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH ...
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Effects of resistance training and detraining on muscle strength and blood lipid profiles in postmenopausal women
Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to: Dr Cable, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John ...
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Strategies for the prevention of volleyball related injuries
Although the overall injury rate in volleyball and beach volleyball is relatively low compared with other team sports, injuries do occur in a discipline specific pattern. Epidemiological research has ...
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Reproducibility and clinical utility of tendon palpation to detect patellar tendinopathy in young basketball players
Background—Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. Methods—In 326 junior symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes' tendons, palpation was performed by a single examiner before ...
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Rehabilitation of shoulder impingement syndrome and rotator cuff injuries: an evidence-based review
Rehabilitation of the patient with glenohumeral impingement requires a complete understanding of the structures involved and the underlying mechanism creating the impingement response. A detailed ...
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The reliability measurements of lateral scapular slide test at three different degrees of shoulder joint abduction
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Tehran (Medical Sciences), Tehran, Iran Correspondence to Dr Hossein Bagheri, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of ...
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Strategic Assessment of Risk and Risk Tolerance (StARRT) framework for return-to-play decision-making
The sport medicine clinician is faced with return-to-play (RTP) decisions for every patient who wants to return to activity. The complex interaction of factors related to history, physical examination ...
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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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Preoperative quadriceps strength is a significant predictor of knee function two years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Objective: To identify preoperative predictive factors for knee function two years after reconstructive surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The main hypothesis was that preoperative ...
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Twenty year analysis of professional men’s rugby union knee injuries from the English premiership shows high rates and burden
Objectives To determine the rates, severity and burden of knee injuries in professional male rugby union from the English Premiership. Methods Injury and exposure data were captured over 20 seasons ...
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Running is acceptable and efficacious in adults with non-specific chronic low back pain: the ASTEROID randomised controlled trial
Objectives Running is one of the most accessible forms of exercise, yet its suitability for adults with chronic low back pain (LBP) is unknown. This study assessed the efficacy and acceptability of ...
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A systematic review of interventions to prevent lower limb soft tissue running injuries
Objectives—To assess the available evidence for preventive strategies for lower limb soft tissue injuries caused by running. Methods—An electronic database search was conducted using The Cochrane ...