Variations in definitions and methodologies have created differences in the results and conclusions obtained from studies of football (soccer) injuries, making interstudy comparisons difficult.

Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...

Correspondence to The International Society for Physical Activity and Health, Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin F Mentiplay, La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; b.mentiplay{at}latrobe.edu.au Objective 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 ...

2 Department of Family Practice (Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre) and School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 3 Department of Physiotherapy, LaTrobe University ...

The mechanism of the overhead action in throwing sports has been studied extensively. This motion is unnatural and highly dynamic, often exceeding the physiological limits of the joint. Owing to ...

1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, ...

Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa Correspondence to: Dr St Clair Gibson University of Cape Town, Research Unit for Exercise ...

Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Tehran (Medical Sciences), Tehran, Iran Correspondence to Dr Hossein Bagheri, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of ...

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 ...