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 ...

Dear Editor, We recently reviewed the article " Soft-tissue Injuries Simply Need PEACE and LOVE" in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. (1) This study presented preliminary evidence suggesting ...

4 Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar 5 Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar ...

Correspondence to Professor Sofia Thorsson, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-405 30, Sweden; sofia.thorsson{at}gvc.gu.se Background The Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature ...

1 Research Centre on Aging, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 2 Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Correspondence to Dr ...

Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (TUMS), Pich-Shemiran, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor M R Hadian, Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium 2 Centre of Sports Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium 3 Department of Physical ...

Correspondence to Dr Morten Hoegh, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9100 Aalborg, Denmark; msh{at}hst.aau.dk Successful management of tissue injury cannot rely solely ...

Objective: To investigate whether underlying medical conditions contribute to the fatigue and high incidence of infections that can occur during repeated intense training. Method: Forty one ...

The case reported is of a 46 year old male who presented with a history of acute on chronic knee pain. The clinical features and investigations suggested a tear of the quadriceps tendon, with ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...

Objectives To describe the injury characteristics of male youth athletes exposed to year-round athletics programmes. Methods Injury surveillance data were prospectively collected by medical staff in a ...