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Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study

Objective To study the injury characteristics in professional football and to follow the variation of injury incidence during a match, during a season and over consecutive seasons. Design Prospective ...
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Risk factors for groin injury in sport: an updated systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Jackie L Whittaker, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; ...
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Epidemiology of injuries in professional football: a systematic review and meta-analysis

3 Operative Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain Objective We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological data of injuries in professional male ...
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Mechanisms of ACL injury in professional rugby union: a systematic video analysis of 36 cases

Background The mechanisms of ACL injury in rugby are not well defined. Aim To describe the mechanisms of ACL injury in male professional rugby players using systematic video analysis. Methods 36 cases ...
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Prevalence of clinically elevated depressive symptoms in college athletes and differences by gender and sport

Background There are approximately 400 000 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student athletes and 5–7 million high school student athletes competing each year. According to the US ...
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Serum electrolyte concentrations and hydration status are not associated with exercise associated muscle cramping (EAMC) in distance runners

Correspondence to: Professor Martin Schwellnus University of Cape Town, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, ...
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Guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period

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British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system

4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...
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Self-report scales/checklists for the measurement of concussion symptoms: a systematic review

Objective: To identify self-reported sport concussion symptom scales and to describe the psychometric properties of these identified scales. Design: Systematic review. Intervention: PubMed, Medline, ...
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Injury risk of playing football in Futsal World Cups

Background While injuries in football (soccer) have been the subject of numerous publications, little information is available about the injury risk in futsal. Objective Analysis of the incidence and ...
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Gait modifications to change lower extremity gait biomechanics in runners: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Michael A Hunt, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, 212-2177 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3; michael.hunt{at}ubc.ca ...
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The effect of real-time gait retraining on hip kinematics, pain and function in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome

Background Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is the most common overuse injury in runners. Recent research suggests that hip mechanics play a role in the development of this syndrome. Currently, ...