Sedentary behaviour (SB) is linked to a higher risk of metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality and musculoskeletal decline. Office workers (OW) are particularly vulnerable to ...

Climbing is an Olympic sport featuring three disciplines: lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering. The injury burden associated with climbing has been well documented. However, the content of ...

There is a gap between the evaluation of injury prevention programmes in controlled trials and their use in real-world ...

Objectives To explore the epidemiology, incidence and distribution of sports-related concussion (SRC) among middle- and high-school students from Japan sustained during extracurricular sports.Methods ...

Background/aim In high-level Olympic athletes, many spinal pathologies arise from overuse, while others are the result of acute injury. Our aim is to analyse the epidemiology of spinal pathologies ...

Women with clinically severe obesity are at risk of poor physical and mental health. Lifestyle interventions must be developed to support exercise participation for this group. The factors influencing ...

Objectives To examine the propensity of tackle height and the number of tacklers that result in head acceleration events (HAEs) in elite-level male and female rugby tackles. Methods Instrumented ...

Objective Glenohumeral (GH) osteoarthritis (OA) is the third most common large joint disease, after hip and knee OA. This study aimed to identify risk factors for GH OA. Methods We used data from the ...

Background Well-being declines during men’s middle years, and while physical activity (PA) can have a positive influence, the type of PA that provides the greatest benefit is not clear. This ...

Objective No previous study has compared water and oral rehydration solution (ORS) intake after dehydration induced by exercise in the heat for the effect on muscle cramps. The present study tested ...

Objectives The Norwegian sport school system offers a method for helping young dual-career athletes achieve their best both in academia and sports. However, there remains a concern that pursuing dual ...