Despite extensive use over 40 years, physical activity questionnaires still show limited reliability and validity. Measurements have value in indicating conditions where an increase in physical ...

Correspondence to Dr Adam Hulme, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs QLD 4556, Australia; ...

Correspondence to Dr Roger Hawkes, European Tour Performance Institute, European Tour, Wentworth Drive Virginia Water, Surrey GU25 4LX, UK; RAH{at}wkes.eu The extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) muscle plays ...

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical ...

1 University Center for Sport, Exercise and Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Center for Sports Medicine, University Medical Center ...

Background The IOC encourages international federations to establish systematic athlete injury and illness surveillance programmes. Objective To describe pattern of injuries and illnesses during the ...

Background and objective Despite the known health benefits of physical activity (PA), pregnancy is a time of marked decline in PA levels. To provide women with reliable and trustworthy information, ...

1 Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Correspondence to: Dr Walden Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden; ...

1 FIFA Medical Excellence Centre, Santy Orthopedicae clinical, sport science and research department, Lyon, France Background In modern professional soccer, the ability to recover from official ...

Background In randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions that aim to prevent sports injuries, the intention-to-treat principle is a recommended analysis method and one emphasised in the ...

A systematic search of published reports was carried out in three electronic databases from 1966 on to identify relevant articles relating to tennis injuries. There were 39 case reports, 49 laboratory ...