Objective To examine the associations between the number of days per week achieving various daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in older women.

Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in sport, and what risk factors were associated with LBP in athletes. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources ...

Objective Regular participation in resistance training (RT) is critical to health and recommended in most international physical activity guidelines. Few people, however, participate in RT. The ...

2 Physical Therapy, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA 3 Physical Therapy, Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio, USA Correspondence to Michael P Reiman, Duke University School of ...

Dr R Ogai, Laboratory for Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, Chukyo University Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, 101 Tokodachi, Kaizu-cho, Toyota, 470-0393 Aichi, Japan; rogyai{at}yahoo ...

1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Background Psychological factors ...

Background—Several reports indicate that physical activity can reduce the severity of symptoms in depressed patients. Some data suggest that even a single exercise bout may result in a substantial ...

Background The ‘jumper's knee paradox’, where symptomatic athletes appear to perform better in a counter movement jump (CMJ) compared to asymptomatic controls in previous case–control studies is not ...

Correspondence to Professor Roald Bahr, Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, PB 4014 Ullevål Stadion, Oslo 0806, Norway; roald.bahr{at ...

1 Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA 2 Metabolic and Body Composition Laboratory, ...

Correspondence to Florian Giesche, Division of Preventive and Sports Medicine, Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, ...

Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Sports Medicine, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, National Institute for Working Life, University of Umeå, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden Correspondence to: ...