BMJ11d
The digital mirror: how generative artificial intelligence reflects and amplifies gender bias
We live in unprecedented times for women in sport. In the USA, the 2024 collegiate basketball finals marked the first time in ...
BMJ4d
Elite para athletes with active coping behaviour are less likely to report a sports injury
Objective Elite para athletes report a high incidence of sports injuries. Research suggests that athletes’ strategies to manage adversities may influence the sports injury risk, but knowledge about ...
BMJ1d
The immediate effects of foot orthoses on functional performance in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome
1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Bundoora, Bundoora, Australia 2 School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University Bundoora, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia ...
BMJ1d
415 Injury trends in men’s english professional football: an 11 year case series
Background In a recent single season audit of men’s English professional football, the incidence of injury was reported as 9.11 injuries/1000 h (Jones et al., 2019). Whilst this provides an up to date ...
BMJ1d
Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth: prevalence, risk factors and report of lumbopelvic pain
Background/aim Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is defined as a separation of the 2 muscle bellies of rectus abdominis. To date there is scant knowledge on prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of ...
BMJ14d
Effects of three different training modalities on the cross sectional area of the lumbar multifidus muscle in patients with chronic low back pain
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 ...
BMJ3d
Identifying some determinants of “jet lag” and its symptoms: a study of athletes and other travellers
Background: Travelling across multiple time zones disrupts normal circadian rhythms and induces “jet lag”. Possible effects of this on training and performance in athletes were concerns before the ...
BMJ1d
Football boot insoles and sensitivity to extent of ankle inversion movement
Background: The capacity of the plantar sole of the foot to convey information about foot position is reduced by conventional smooth boot insoles, compared with barefoot surface contact. Objective: To ...
BMJ4d
Risk factors of recurrent hamstring injuries: a systematic review
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Pieter K. Bos, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box ...
BMJ13d
Sport science and medicine in tennis
Babette M Pluim, Royal Netherlands Lawn Tennis Association, PO Box 1617, 3800 BP Amersfoort, The Netherlands; b.pluim{at}knltb.nl Tennis is one of the major global sports, with over 75 million ...
BMJ2d
Change in physical activity from adolescence to early adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies
Correspondence to Dr Kirsten Corder, MRC Epidemiology Unit University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Box 285, Institute of Metabolic Science Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge CB2 0QQ UK; ...
BMJ4d
Feasibility of a portable pedal exercise machine for reducing sedentary time in the workplace
Background Sedentary time is independently associated with an increased risk of metabolic disease. Worksite interventions designed to decrease sedentary time may serve to improve employee health.