Background Chronic musculoskeletal disorders are a prevalent and costly global health issue. A new form of exercise therapy focused on loading and resistance programmes that temporarily aggravates a ...

1 Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA 2 Metabolic and Body Composition Laboratory, ...

Chronic groin pain is a common presentation in sports medicine. It is most often a problem in those sports that involve kicking and twisting movements while running. The morbidity of groin pain should ...

Introduction Cam morphology is a strong risk factor for the development of hip pain and osteoarthritis. It is increasingly thought to develop in association with intense physical activity during youth ...

Correspondence to Pim van Klij, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam 3015CE, The Netherlands; p.vanklij{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives Cam morphology is not completely understood.

Correspondence to U Kujala, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35 (LL), FIN-40014, Finland; urho.kujala{at}sport.jyu.fi Evidence on the effects of exercise in the treatment ...

1 Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr Li, ...

Background/objectives Walking has well-established positive relationships with, and effects on, physical health. In contrast, while poor mental health contributes substantially to global health burden ...

10 Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, New Jersey, USA 11 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA The ...

Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...

Objectives To examine the correction of posture, increase in strength and decrease in shoulder pain and dysfunction in varsity swimmers. Design and Setting Randomised clinical trial. Participants ...

Objectives: There has been growing controversy regarding long term effects of repeated low severity head impacts such as when heading a football. However, there are few scientific data substantiating ...