Correspondence to: Dr Waddington, Physiotherapy Department, The Canberra Hospital, PO Box 11, Woden, ACT 2605, Australia; g.waddington{at}fhs.usyd.edu.au Background: The capacity of the plantar sole ...

A systematic review to determine if exercise alone or as part of a comprehensive intervention can improve self esteem in children and young people is described. Twenty three randomised controlled ...

1 Department of Human Biology, Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, South African Medical Research Council and ...

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 ...

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Dr Thor Einar Andersen Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, ...

2 Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to Elin Ekblom-Bak, Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, Swedish School of ...

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 ...

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical ...

Correspondence to: Professor Martin Schwellnus University of Cape Town, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, ...

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, ...

Correspondence to Professor Thomas Gronwald, Institute of Interdisciplinary Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany; ...

Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK Correspondence to: Professor Reilly, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, ...