Objective Women remain at increased risk for some sports injuries, such as anterior cruciate ligament rupture and concussion.

Objectives: To investigate the trunk strength of elite rowers and the impact of low back pain on these measures in order to determine if asymmetries or weakness were present. Methods: Twenty two elite ...

Hamstring injuries (HSIs) are the most common athletic injury in running and pivoting sports, but despite large amounts of research, injury rates have not declined in the last 2 decades. HSI often ...

1 Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA 2 Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North ...

Background and aim Bowling-side quadratus lumborum (QL) asymmetries have been previously reported on the dominant side in junior cricket fast bowlers using MRI. The aim of this study was to ...

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Chester, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK; r.chester{at}uea.ac.uk Background/aim ...

Objectives Lumbar bone stress injury (‘bone stress injury’) is common in junior fast bowlers. The repetitive loading of cricket fast bowling may cause bone marrow oedema (BMO), detectable on MRI, ...

Correspondence to Reed A C Siemieniuk, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L8, USA; reed.siemieniuk{at}medportal.ca We make ...

Objective In 1979, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that helmets would become mandatory for incoming players. The objective of this study is to evaluate, whether the mandatory use of helmets ...

Background/aim This randomised controlled trial investigated if the usage of running shoes with a motion control system modifies injury risk in regular leisure-time runners compared to standard shoes, ...

In the UK, when a young person dies suddenly, the coroner is responsible for establishing the cause of death. They will ask a consultant pathologist to carry out an autopsy in order to ascertain when, ...

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