2 Centre for Academic Mental Health, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 3 Department of Psychology and Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of ...

Background Patellar tendinopathy (PT) is an injury which has a high prevalence in sports, especially in those involving jumping. Because successful treatment of PT remains challenging, prevention is ...

When we get physically active a lot of physiological changes happen. Our body recognises the stress via complex mechanisms and answers accordingly. The most obvious things like increase in breathing ...

The menisci of the knee are important load sharers and shock absorbers in the joint. Meniscal tears are common, and whenever possible meniscal tears should be surgically repaired. Meniscectomy leads ...

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 Women's Health Research Centre, Department of Primary Health Care ...

Correspondence to Dr Ali N Ali, Department of Geriatrics and Stroke Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK; ali.ali{at}sth.nhs.uk Objective Secondary ...

A systematic search of published reports was carried out in three electronic databases from 1966 on to identify relevant articles relating to tennis injuries. There were 39 case reports, 49 laboratory ...

Background Chronic musculoskeletal disorders are a prevalent and costly global health issue. A new form of exercise therapy focused on loading and resistance programmes that temporarily aggravates a ...

Chronic groin pain is a common presentation in sports medicine. It is most often a problem in those sports that involve kicking and twisting movements while running. The morbidity of groin pain should ...

1 Section of Sports Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, ...

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Chester, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK; r.chester{at}uea.ac.uk Background/aim ...

1 School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 2 Monash Injury Research Institute, Monash University, School of Chiropractic and Sports Science, ...