In soccer one of the most common knee injuries is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, which usually occurs through non-contact mechanisms. Female soccer players are at higher risk of sustaining ...

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 ...

Study design Descriptive study, cross-sectional design. Background Tennis requires repetitive overhead movement patterns that can lead to upper extremity injury. The scapula plays a vital role in ...

Correspondence to Dr Jane S Thornton, Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; jane.s.thornton{at}gmail.com If you wish to reuse any or all of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Jamie M O'Driscoll, School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1 QU, UK; jamie.odriscoll{at}canterbury.ac.uk If you wish to ...

Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...

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 Professor Roald Bahr, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, 0806 Oslo, Norway; roald{at}nih.no, roald.bahr{at}nih.no ...

Background: Groin pain remains a major challenge in sports medicine. Aim: To examine 207 consecutive athletes (196 men, 11 women) with groin pain using a standardised and reliable clinical examination ...

2 Faculty of Health Care, University of Professional Education, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Department of Pediatric Physical Therapy & Exercise Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, ...