Introduction Sports-related concussions (SRCs) are frequently under-reported in youth sports, especially football, due to limited awareness, inconsistent reporting practices and a lack of medical ...

Exertional rhabdomyolysis is characterised by muscle breakdown associated with strenuous exercise or normal exercise under extreme circumstances. Key features are severe muscle pain and sudden ...

Objective A growing number of ultra-endurance athletes have switched to a very low-carbohydrate/high-fat eating pattern. We compared markers of cholesterol and the lipoprotein profile in a group of ...

Objectives Postural stability (PS) refers to the ability to maintain balance during various movements. Proprioception deficits in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) often lead to significant ...

Objective To clinically evaluate education to improve eating behaviour and skeletal loading exercise in male cyclists at risk of poor bone health and impaired performance due to relative energy ...

Background In individual sports, the effect that injuries have on an athlete’s performance, success and financial profit is implicit. In contrast, the effect of a single player’s injury or one ...

Liver transplant recipients experience comorbidities, including impaired physical fitness, which could be managed by exercise and physical activity interventions. This study aims to evaluate the ...

Objectives Our aim was to describe the absence days caused by the 30 most frequent injury diagnoses in elite European women’s club football. Methods Members of the medical staff in football clubs ...

What are the new findings? The Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire provides cut-off scores to discriminate between ‘moderate’, ‘high’ and ‘very high’ levels of psychological distress in elite ...

Objective Determining the prevalence of mental health symptoms (MHS) among Australian professional footballers compared with former players. A secondary aim was to assess whether MHS were associated ...

Objective Recovery duration following adolescent sport-related concussion (SRC) is variable. Previous research revealed exercise intolerance is associated with delayed recovery (predominantly male ...

While there is a lack of research into abuse in elite dance, numerous allegations of emotional, sexual and physical abuse of dancers can be found anecdotally in the media, legal convictions and ...