Background Medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury is the most common knee ligament injury in professional football. Aim To investigate the rate and circumstances of MCL injuries and development over ...

The overall aim of the thesis was to improve our understanding of the relationship between training load and health problems and to use this to guide and test preventative measures. This thesis ...

Background Exercise is considered important in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases, but the effect of high intensity exercises on disease activity is unknown. Objective To investigate ...

Correspondence to Adam M Mattiussi, Faculty of Sport, Allied Health and Performance Science, St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, UK; Mattiussi.adam{at}gmail.com Objectives To describe the ...

Objectives: To develop and test a new video based method for match analysis that combines football specific and medical information to achieve a better understanding of the injury mechanisms and ...

2 Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia 6 Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Correspondence to ...

Objective Patellar taping is frequently used to treat patellofemoral pain (PFP). This systematic review and meta-analysis (1) evaluates the efficacy of patellar taping for patients with PFP, (2) ...

2 EA SNA EPIS 4607, Autonomic Nervous System, University of Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France Background The health benefits of 150 min a week of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) in ...

Objective To assess the effectiveness of heavy eccentric calf training (HECT) in comparison with natural history, traditional physiotherapy, sham interventions or other exercise interventions for ...

2 Dept General Practice, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Objective We synthesised and assessed credibility (ie, trustworthiness) of thresholds that define meaningful ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Liam A Toohey, School of Allied Health (Physiotherapy), Sport and Exercise Medicine Department La Trobe University Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia ; liam.toohey{at}ausport.gov.au ...