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Sports injuries and illnesses during the Winter Olympic Games 2010
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 ...
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Return to play after hamstring injuries in football (soccer): a worldwide Delphi procedure regarding definition, medical criteria and decision-making
There are three major questions about return to play (RTP) after hamstring injuries: How should RTP be defined? Which medical criteria should support the RTP decision? And who should make the RTP ...
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PRICE needs updating, should we call the POLICE?
1 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK 2 Sports Institute of Northern Ireland, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK ...
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Can ultrasound imaging predict the development of Achilles and patellar tendinopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Ultrasound (US) imaging is commonly used to visualise tendon structure. It is not clear whether the presence of structural abnormalities in asymptomatic tendons predicts the development of ...
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Risk factors for patellar tendinopathy: a systematic review of the literature
1 Center for Sports Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, ...
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Do mouthguards prevent concussion?
Neurologist and Sports Physician Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education and the Brain Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 ...
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A user's guide to performance of the best shoulder physical examination tests
2 Department of Physical Therapy, High Point University, School of Health Sciences, High Point, North Carolina, USA Background This article provides clinicians with a user's guide on the performance ...
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Nine typical injury patterns in German professional male football (soccer): a systematic visual video analysis of 345 match injuries
Aim We aimed to systematically analyse the videos of acute injuries in professional men’s football and describe typical injury patterns. Methods Injuries were registered with the German statutory ...
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Efficacy of heavy eccentric calf training for treating mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To assess the effectiveness of heavy eccentric calf training (HECT) in comparison with natural history, traditional physiotherapy, sham interventions or other exercise interventions for ...
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Aerobic exercise alleviates depressive symptoms in patients with a major non-communicable chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To assess whether aerobic exercise was superior to usual care in alleviating depressive symptoms in patients living with a major non-communicable disease. Data sources Data were obtained ...
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Effectiveness of foot orthoses for the prevention of lower limb overuse injuries in naval recruits: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to Mr Daniel R Bonanno, Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia; d.bonanno{at}latrobe.edu.au Objectives To evaluate the ...
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Serving the clinician and the patient: three ways that quality clinical guidelines can build on expert consensus statements and systematic reviews
Correspondence to Dr Clare Ardern, Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, P.O. Box 29222, Doha, Qatar; c.ardern{at}latrobe.edu.au For the busy clinician, keeping up-to-date with the latest ...