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Chronic tendinopathy: effectiveness of eccentric exercise

1 Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to: Brett Woodley c/o Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, ...
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Accumulated workloads and the acute:chronic workload ratio relate to injury risk in elite youth football players

Aim The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical workload and injury risk in elite youth football players. Methods The workload data and injury incidence of 32 ...
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Long-standing groin pain in sportspeople falls into three primary patterns, a “clinical entity” approach: a prospective study of 207 patients

Background: Groin pain remains a major challenge in sports medicine. Aim: To examine 207 consecutive athletes (196 men, 11 women) with groin pain using a standardised and reliable clinical examination ...
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Stretching before or after exercise does not reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness

Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to Dr Nicholas Henschke, Musculoskeletal Division ...
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Biomechanics of the elbow joint in tennis players and relation to pathology

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The impact of psychological readiness to return to sport and recreational activities after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Background This cross-sectional study aimed to examine whether appraisal of knee function, psychological and demographic factors were related to returning to the preinjury sport and recreational ...
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Ankle injuries in basketball: injury rate and risk factors

2 School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Objectives—To determine the rate of ankle injury and examine risk factors of ankle injuries in mainly ...
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Starting young to protect elite athletes’ mental health

Mental ill health is an important health condition affecting young people globally. Approximately half of all common mental disorders emerge before the age of 18, including mood, anxiety, eating, ...
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Effectiveness of an e-health tennis-specific injury prevention programme: randomised controlled trial in adult recreational tennis players

1 Amsterdam UMC, Univ of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Academic Center for Evidence-based Sports medicine (ACES), Amsterdam ...
British Journal of Sports Medicine

Achieving the mission of the AMSSM – We can do it, but only if we work together

Welcome to the 2026 AMSSM-BJSM collaborative edition! It is our honour to represent the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine as guest editors of this special edition as we prepare to celebrate ...
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International normative 20 m shuttle run values from 1 142 026 children and youth representing 50 countries

2 Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences & Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, ...
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Effect of exercise-induced dehydration on endurance performance: evaluating the impact of exercise protocols on outcomes using a meta-analytic procedure

Objective It is purported that exercise-induced dehydration (EID), especially if ≥ 2% bodyweight, impairs endurance performance (EP). Field research shows that athletes can achieve outstanding EP ...