Background The primary aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of aerobic interval training (AIT) versus moderate intensity continuous exercise (MICE) on aerobic exercise capacity ...

Conclusions A continued endurance physical activity leads to adaptive changes in spirometric parameters (VC, FVC and FEV 1), highlighting the fact that there is a need for specific consideration of ...

Background/aim Exercise imparts a load on tendon tissue that leads to changes in tendon properties. Studies suggest that loading immediately reduces tendon thickness, with a loss of this response in ...

Where not too long ago we serviced athletes; nowadays, we have the responsibility to lead a multidisciplinary team that is mandated to protect the athletes’ health, ensure competition availability and ...

Objectives To investigate the association of reported legal performance enhancing substance (PES) use and consideration of banned PES use among sport-specialised and non-sport-specialised young ...

Purpose The hippocampus, with its intricate wiring and thin blood-brain barrier, may be particularly vulnerable to sport-related concussion (SRC) and repetitive subconcussive impacts. This study ...

Introduction Pubic-related groin pain can affect young athletes and pubic apophysitis is a potential cause of pain. We aimed to describe the maturation of the pubic symphysis in adolescent football ...

Objective Desires and expectations of patients in regard to resume participation in sport activities after knee arthroplasty strongly increased in recent years. Therefore, this review systematically ...

Acute finger and thumb injuries of the ligament and tendons are common. Indeed, a cross-sectional study in 2012 showed that they accounted for 38.4% of all upper extremity injury visits to the ...

Objectives The benefits of physical activity (PA) and the negative impacts of sedentary time (SED) on health in youth are well established. However, uncertainty remains surrounding how PA and SED ...

Objective Patients who sustain acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) exhibit variable and mostly impaired long-term functional, and patient-reported outcomes. However, there exists a lack of early ...

Introduction and Purpose Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) participated in phase 2 of the Active Hospitals Project. A number of work streams were created, summarised in figure 1. A ...