Correspondence to: M Hägglund Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-58183 Linköping, Sweden; martin.hagglund{at}ihs.liu.se Background: Previous injury is often proposed to be a ...

1 Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe ...

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 ...

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.

Background The paper presents a novel laboratory method for assessing boxing headguard impact performance. The method is applied to examine the effects of headguards on head impact dynamics and injury ...

2 University of Cape Town, Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Newlands, South Africa Correspondence to: Professor St Clair Gibson University of Cape Town, Research Unit for ...

Objectives The Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project is the largest and longest running rugby union injury surveillance project globally and focuses on the highest level of rugby in England.

Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...

2 Department of Family Practice and School of Human Kinetics University of British Columbia, Canada kkhan{at}interchange.ubc.ca Since the demise of the concept of an inflammatory basis for ...

4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...

Objective To assess workload-related risk factors for injuries to particular tissue types in cricket fast bowlers. Design 235 fast bowlers who bowled in 14600 player innings over a period of 15 years ...

1 Visiting Professor at University College Chester, UK, University College Dublin, Ireland, and the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway 2 Centre for the Sociology of ...