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What do under 15 year old schoolboy rugby union players think about protective headgear?
Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...
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Infographic. ISPAH’s Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity: infographic, animation and call to action
Correspondence to The International Society for Physical Activity and Health, Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ...
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Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football (soccer) injuries
Variations in definitions and methodologies have created differences in the results and conclusions obtained from studies of football (soccer) injuries, making interstudy comparisons difficult.
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Injury surveillance in multi-sport events: the International Olympic Committee approach
Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...
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Changes in knee joint biomechanics following balance and technique training and a season of Australian football
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, ...
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Making football safer for women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of injury prevention programmes in 11 773 female football (soccer) players
Correspondence to Dr Benjamin F Mentiplay, La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; b.mentiplay{at}latrobe.edu.au Objective To ...
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The reliability measurements of lateral scapular slide test at three different degrees of shoulder joint abduction
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Tehran (Medical Sciences), Tehran, Iran Correspondence to Dr Hossein Bagheri, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of ...
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UEFA Champions League study: a prospective study of injuries in professional football during the 2001–2002 season
Correspondence to: Dr Waldén Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden; markus.waldentelia.com Background: No previous study on adult football involving ...
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The effects of an exercise intervention on forward head and rounded shoulder postures in elite swimmers
Objectives To examine the correction of posture, increase in strength and decrease in shoulder pain and dysfunction in varsity swimmers. Design and Setting Randomised clinical trial. Participants ...
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Description of plantar pressure distribution in athletes
Background Lower extremities injuries caused by non-body contact are highly prevalent in sports. Repetitive high loads on the foot could cause these injuries. Plantar pressure refers to the pressure ...
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Acute whole body vibration training increases vertical jump and flexibility performance in elite female field hockey players
Correspondence to: Darryl J Cochrane Massey University, Sport and Exercise, Palmerston North, New Zealand; d.cochranemassey.ac.nz Objective: To quantify the acute effect of whole body vibration (WBV) ...
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Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study
Objective To study the injury characteristics in professional football and to follow the variation of injury incidence during a match, during a season and over consecutive seasons. Design Prospective ...