Objectives To describe the reproductive, pelvic and breast health of retired elite Australian female athletes. Methods Data were collected as part of a larger online cross-sectional survey that was ...

Objective The proliferation of youth sport specialisation may be concerning for the overall health of adolescent athletes, but no validated tool to measure specialisation exists. We aimed to assess ...

Objective Self-reports of physical activity (PA) have been the mainstay of measurement in most non-communicable disease (NCD) surveillance systems. To these, other measures are added to summate to a ...

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Professor Bahr Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of ...

Objective: To generate national representative data on the incidence, diagnosis, severity, and nature of medically treated sports injuries and to identify high risk groups. Methods: The first national ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Professor Jeremy Lewis, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK; jeremy.lewis{at}LondonShoulderClinic.com What can we learn from the ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Chester, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; r.chester{at}uea.ac.uk Objectives To (i) ...

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 ...

Objectives: To examine the influence of different playing surfaces on in-shoe loading patterns during tennis-specific movements. Methods: Ten experienced male players performed two types of ...

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 ...