By 2050, there will be two billion people in the world aged over 60. Such population ageing will inevitably lead to increases in the prevalence of chronic diseases and healthcare burdens. In the UK ...

2 Research Administration, Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, South Carolina, USA 3 Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South ...

18 Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland 19 International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Sebastien Racinais, Research ...

Objectives: To assess in a single team of Australian Rules football players the effect of a specific intervention program on the incidence and consequence of hamstring muscle strain injuries. Method: ...

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...

The objective is to provide guidance for pregnant women and obstetric care and exercise professionals on prenatal physical activity. The outcomes evaluated were maternal, fetal or neonatal morbidity, ...

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 ...

4 Center of Physical Education and Sport, State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Parana, Brazil Background The temporal and insular cortex (TC, IC) have been associated with autonomic nervous ...

Overuse tendinopathy is problematic to manage clinically. People of different ages with tendons under diverse loads present with varying degrees of pain, irritability, and capacity to function.

Objectives: To undertake a detailed, large scale epidemiological study of match injuries sustained by professional rugby union players in order to define their incidence, nature, severity, and causes.

Objectives: Controversy surrounding the long term effects of repeated impacts from heading has raised awareness among the public and the medical community. However, there is little information about ...

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