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What do under 15 year old schoolboy rugby union players think about protective headgear?
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 ...
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Prenatal physical activity paradox: occupational versus leisure-time physical activity
Correspondence to Dr Margie H Davenport, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada; mdavenpo{at}ualberta.ca ...
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Reframing beliefs and instiling facts for contemporary management of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain
From our shared practice experiences and interactions with the wider field of maternal medicine, we understand that patients and well-intended clinicians may perpetuate unhelpful beliefs regarding ...
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Tiered approach to considering orthobiologics for patients with musculoskeletal conditions
Correspondence to Dr Shane A Shapiro, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; shapiro.shane{at}mayo.edu Orthobiologics is a subset of regenerative ...
BMJ1d
Effects of prior concentric training on eccentric exercise induced muscle damage
1 School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, George Building, Holyhead Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PX, UK 2 Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma, ...
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Subsequent musculoskeletal injury after concussion in National Football League players
Objective To assess whether National Football League (NFL) players diagnosed with a concussion have an increased risk of injury after return to football. Methods A retrospective cohort study analysed ...
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Methods matter: exploring the ‘too much, too soon’ theory, part 1: causal questions in sports injury research
Correspondence to Dr Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen, Department of Public Health, Section for Sports Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark; roen{at}ph.au.dk Background It is widely accepted ...
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East African running dominance revisited: a role for stereotype threat?
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen’s University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Canada Correspondence to: Dr Baker School of Physical and Health Education, Queen’s University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Canada; ...
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Testosterone and doping control
Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, Institute of Legal Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland Correspondence to: M Saugy Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, Institute of Legal Medicine, Lausanne, ...
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Misunderstanding the Female Athlete Triad: Refuting the IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)
Correspondence to Dr Mary Jane De Souza, Women's Health and Exercise Laboratory, 104 Noll Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; mjd34{at ...
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A simple multistage field test for the prediction of anaerobic capacity in female games players
Objective: To establish the validity of a 15 m multistage shuttle run test (MSRT) as a predictor of anaerobic capacity (expressed as mean power output (MPO) from the 30 second Wingate anaerobic test ...
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Physical activity during leisure time and quality of life in a Spanish cohort: SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) Project
Background Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) has been associated with better mental and physical health particularly in cross-sectional studies. Purpose To longitudinally assess the association ...