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Sports injuries and illnesses during the Winter Olympic Games 2010
Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...
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Video analysis of injuries and incidents in Norwegian professional football
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Dr Thor Einar Andersen Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, ...
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Return to play after hamstring injuries in football (soccer): a worldwide Delphi procedure regarding definition, medical criteria and decision-making
There are three major questions about return to play (RTP) after hamstring injuries: How should RTP be defined? Which medical criteria should support the RTP decision? And who should make the RTP ...
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PRICE needs updating, should we call the POLICE?
1 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK 2 Sports Institute of Northern Ireland, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK ...
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Can ultrasound imaging predict the development of Achilles and patellar tendinopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Ultrasound (US) imaging is commonly used to visualise tendon structure. It is not clear whether the presence of structural abnormalities in asymptomatic tendons predicts the development of ...
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Do mouthguards prevent concussion?
Neurologist and Sports Physician Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education and the Brain Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 ...
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Writing up your clinical trial report for a scientific journal: the REPORT trial guide for effective and transparent research reporting without spin
Correspondence to Dr Thomas Bandholm, Dept of Clinical Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre DK-2650, Denmark; thomas.quaade.bandholm{at}regionh.dk The REPORT guide ...
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The ‘Best Practice Guide to Conservative Management of Patellofemoral Pain’: incorporating level 1 evidence with expert clinical reasoning
Importance Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is both chronic and prevalent; it has complex aetiology and many conservative treatment options. Objective Develop a comprehensive contemporary guide to ...
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Mouthguard use in youth ice hockey and the risk of concussion: nested case–control study of 315 cases
Correspondence to Dr Brent E Hagel, Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; brent.hagel{at}albertahealthservices.ca Background ...
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Aerobic exercise alleviates depressive symptoms in patients with a major non-communicable chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To assess whether aerobic exercise was superior to usual care in alleviating depressive symptoms in patients living with a major non-communicable disease. Data sources Data were obtained ...
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Unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes: the Study of Concussion in Rugby Union through MicroRNAs (SCRUM)
4 College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Centre for Computational Biology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5 Institute of Translational Medicine, ...
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Gut microbiota: implications for sports and exercise medicine
2 APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland Technological progress in high-throughput sequencing and advanced bioinformatic techniques, have ...