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Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...
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Effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance in transwomen and transmen: implications for sporting organisations and legislators

Objective To examine the effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance among transwomen and transmen. Methods We reviewed fitness test results and medical records of 29 transmen and 46 ...
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Biomechanics of the head for Olympic boxer punches to the face

Objective: The biomechanics of the head for punches to the jaw and the risk of head injury from translational and rotational acceleration were studied. Methods: Seven Olympic boxers from five weight ...
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Muscle-strengthening activities are associated with lower risk and mortality in major non-communicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Correspondence to Dr Haruki Momma, Department of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; h-momma{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp ...
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Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

4 School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Professor Catherine Sherrington, The George Institute for Global Health ...
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Do the associations of sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease mortality and cancer mortality differ by physical activity level? A systematic review and harmonised meta ...

Objective To examine whether the associations between sedentary behaviours (ie, daily sitting/TV-viewing time) and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer differ by different levels of ...
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Boxing headguard performance in punch machine tests

Background The paper presents a novel laboratory method for assessing boxing headguard impact performance. The method is applied to examine the effects of headguards on head impact dynamics and injury ...
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Exercise does not ‘wear down my knee’: systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Correspondence to Alessio Bricca, Research Unit for Musculoskeletal Function and Physiotherapy, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 5230, ...
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Biomechanics of the elbow joint in tennis players and relation to pathology

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New regimen for eccentric calf-muscle training in patients with chronic insertional Achilles tendinopathy: results of a pilot study

Musculoskeletal Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia Per Jonsson, RPT, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Sports Medicine, ...
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Is ‘plantar heel pain’ a more appropriate term than ‘plantar fasciitis’? Time to move on

2 Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 3 La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe ...
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Is protective equipment useful in preventing concussion? A systematic review of the literature

Sport Medicine Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Objective: To determine if there is ...