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Great Britain Rowing Team Guideline for diagnosis and management of rib stress injury: Part 1

Correspondence to Dr Guy Evans, Great Britain Rowing Team, 6 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London NG7 2UH, UK; guy.evans{at}gbrowingteam.org.uk Background Rib stress injury (RSI) is the development of pain ...
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Set-piece approach for medical teams managing emergencies in sport: introducing the FIFA Poster for Emergency Action Planning (PEAP)

Correspondence to Dr Andrew Massey, Medical and Anti Doping Department, Federation Internationale de Football Association, 8044 Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland; andrew.massey{at}fifa.org ‘Does your ...
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Research approaches to describe the mechanisms of injuries in sport: limitations and possibilities

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 ...
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Exercising with reserve: evidence that the central nervous system regulates prolonged exercise performance

UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa Objective: The ...
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Upper respiratory tract infection is reduced in physically fit and active adults

1 Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA 2 Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North ...
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Adverse events of exercise therapy in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To evaluate the relative risk (RR) of serious and non-serious adverse events in patients treated with exercise therapy compared with those in a non-exercising control group. Design ...
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Does telephone-delivered exercise advice and support by physiotherapists improve pain and/or function in people with knee osteoarthritis? Telecare randomised controlled trial

Objective Evaluate a physiotherapist-led telephone-delivered exercise advice and support intervention for people with knee osteoarthritis. Methods Participant-blinded, assessor-blinded randomised ...
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Estimating unbiased sports injury rates: a compendium of injury rates calculated by athlete exposure and athlete at risk methods

Correspondence to Dr Ian Shrier, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, H3T 1E2, Canada; ian.shrier{at}mcgill.ca ...
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Effects of one year of resistance training on the relation between muscular strength and bone density in elderly women

Correspondence to: Dr E C Rhodes, School of Human Kinetics, War Memorial Gymnasium, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. Objectives—There is a paucity of long term studies on ...
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Knee kinematics and joint moments during gait following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Melbourne School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3 School ...
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A randomised clinical trial of the efficacy of drop squats or leg extension/leg curl exercises to treat clinically diagnosed jumper's knee in athletes: pilot study

Objectives—To compare the therapeutic effect of two different exercise protocols in athletes with jumper's knee. Methods—Randomised clinical trial comparing a 12 week programme of either drop squat ...
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Evidence for the effectiveness of electrophysical modalities for treatment of medial and lateral epicondylitis: a systematic review

1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Erasmus Medical Center—University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical ...