Pain and injuries are considered a common problem among elite athletes and recreational lifters performing the squat, bench press and deadlift. Since all three lifts engage multiple joints and expose ...

Hamstring strains are the most common injury in elite football and typically occur during high-speed running. Despite its important contribution to power production in the late swing phase, injury to ...

Clinical medicine defines dehydration using blood markers that confirm hypertonicity (serum sodium concentration ([Na +])>145 mmol/L) and intracellular dehydration. Sports medicine equates dehydration ...

Insufficient physical activity (PA) among children has become a major global public health concern. The family environment plays a crucial role in shaping children’s weekend PA, yet evidence-based ...

Objective To develop a multivariate tool that would predict recurrent instability after a first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. Methods Participants (aged 16–40 years) were recruited ...

Aim To record overuse injuries among male junior handball players throughout a handball season. Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Ten Norwegian junior male handball teams (145 players aged ...

Objective Our objective was to evaluate the effects of long-term reduced training on the left atrium (LA) in elite endurance athletes and to elucidate sex-specific differences in LA detraining ...

Objectives As a high-intensity intermittent sport with short and repeated rapid accelerations, decelerations and changes of direction, badminton involves high joint and muscle loads. This review aims ...

Method A quasi-experimental design was used to recruit healthy subjects of age 21.43 (±1.960) years, height 165.8 (±2.1069) cm and weight 63.90 (±13.187) kg. Inclusion criteria were grade 1 and grade ...

Data sources Systematic searches of MEDLINE and EMBASE, supplemented by manual searches. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials with 3 months minimum follow-up that ...

Background Research focused on mental health in sport has revealed a need to develop evidence-supported mental health practices that are sensitive to sport culture, particularly for non-elite athletes ...

Objectives COVID-19 restrictions reduced adolescents’ opportunities for physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to examine how adolescent PA changed during school closures, to identify ...