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 ...
Competitive tennis play requires a combination of the major physiological variables; however, the specifics of these variables have yet to be determined appropriately. General strength and flexibility ...
Objective Resistance training (RT) improves walking ability in persons with peripheral artery disease. We conducted a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effect of ...
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 Physical activity is important in both prevention and treatment of many common diseases, but sports injuries can pose serious problems. Objective To determine whether physical activity ...
3 Sports medicine clinic, Orthopedic dep., Hospital of Lillebaelt Vejle-Middelfart, Institute of Regional Health Research and Center for Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark, ...
18 Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland 19 International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Sebastien Racinais, Research ...
2 Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Poznan, Poland 3 Stanislaw Staszic University of Applied Science, Institute of Health Protection, Pila, Poland Background ...
Although the overall injury rate in volleyball and beach volleyball is relatively low compared with other team sports, injuries do occur in a discipline specific pattern. Epidemiological research has ...
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 ...
Objective To assess whether a difference exists in the prevalence of mild or more severe depressive symptoms between high-performance athletes and non-athletes. Design Comparative OR meta-analysis.