Correspondence to Ms Cindy Miller Aron, Department of Psychiatry, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA; cind152001{at}gmail.com This narrative review examines post-traumatic stress ...

Objectives: To examine the effects of a simple and inexpensive physical activity intervention on change in bone mass and structure in school aged children. Methods: Fifty one children (n = 23 boys and ...

In the right hands, the golf swing is a motion that inspires looks of awe from the public. It is a complex movement of the whole body to generate power to a golf ball to propel the ball great ...

The causes of exercise related transient abdominal pain remain to be elucidated Stitch, side ache, and side cramp are terms that have been used to describe an undesirable accompaniment to exercise ...

Objective To establish the meaning of the term ‘adherence’ (including conceptual and measurement definitions) in the context of therapeutic exercise (TE) for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. Design ...

Improvements in hamstring injury risk management strategies are necessary, especially in sports requiring ‘sprinting’ (ie, maximal acceleration and/or velocity). Sprinting represents about two-thirds ...

Objective: To identify those risk factors that have the greatest impact on the incidence of head and neck injuries in international football. Method: A case–control study of players sustaining head ...

Correspondence to Adam M Mattiussi, Faculty of Sport, Allied Health and Performance Science, St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, UK; Mattiussi.adam{at}gmail.com Objectives To describe the ...

The impact of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes is increasingly recognised. This led the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to produce a consensus statement1 and establish a ...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Pieter K. Bos, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box ...

Background No gold standard exists for identifying successful outcomes 1 and 2 years after operative and non-operative management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This limits the ability of ...