Objective: To determine if submaximal contractions used in contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (CRPNF) stretching of the hamstrings yield comparable gains in hamstring flexibility ...

9 Amsterdam Centre for Evidence Based Sports Medicine (ACES), Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr M Winters, Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science & Sports ...

Objective To determine the incidence and characteristics of injuries in female and male gymnastics disciplines (artistic, rhythmic and trampoline) during three Olympic Games with a view to ultimately ...

Objectives: To investigate the physiological characteristics of subelite junior and senior rugby league players and establish performance standards for these athletes. Methods: A total of 159 junior ...

Correspondence to Robert W Moran, Health Care, Unitec Institute of Technology Private Bag 92025, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; rmoran{at}unitec.ac.nz Aim This paper aims to systematically review studies ...

Objective Our aim was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the clinical presentation of ankle syndesmosis injury and four common clinical diagnostic tests. Design Cross-sectional diagnostic ...

Neurologist and Sports Physician Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education and the Brain Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 ...

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Background Athletic groin pain (AGP) is an encompassing term for the multitude of chronic conditions presenting as pain in the inguinal region. The purpose of this review was to compare the return to ...

The impact of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes is increasingly recognised. This led the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to produce a consensus statement1 and establish a ...

Correspondence to Thorgerdur Sigurdardottir, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík 101, Iceland; th.sigurdardottir{at}gmail.com Objective Previous studies ...

Correspondence to Dr Kathryn J Schneider, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; kjschnei{at}ucalgary.ca If you wish to ...