Background and objective Despite the known health benefits of physical activity (PA), pregnancy is a time of marked decline in PA levels. To provide women with reliable and trustworthy information, ...

Correspondence to Dr Ben Darlow, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, 23 Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; ben.darlow{at}otago.ac.nz If you ...

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 ...

Objective The impact, positive or negative, of youth sport specialisation (YSS) on short-term and long-term performance is not fully understood; however, the desire to maximise performance goals is ...

Correspondence to Hanna Lindblom, Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden; hanna.lindblom{at}liu.se Background ...

1 Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, Department of Family Practice and School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2 Department of Education Counselling ...

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 ...

Competitive tennis play requires a combination of the major physiological variables; however, the specifics of these variables have yet to be determined appropriately. General strength and flexibility ...

1 Human Performance Laboratory, University of California, Davis, California, USA Correspondence to: Dr Hawkins, One Shields Avenue, Room 275 Hickey Gym, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA ...

Objectives The tackle is responsible for the majority of head injuries during rugby union. In order to address head injury risk, risk factors during the tackle must first be identified. This study ...

1 Departments of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA 2 Department of Health and Physical Education, Minnesota State University Moorhead, ...

Objective To analyse injuries and illnesses during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Summer Games. Methods This retrospective descriptive study included 11 420 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees and ...