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Clarifying the real challenge: adherence, not efficacy, is the barrier to exercise as medicine

In our recent review,1 we applied an evolutionary perspective to explore why exercise may never be effective medicine in practice, and we appreciate the questions raised by Zagury and Braga in support ...
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Effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain intensity, range of motion, swelling and function in the postoperative care of musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review and meta ...

Objective To investigate the effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain intensity, range of motion (ROM), swelling and function in the postoperative care of musculoskeletal disorders. Design Systematic ...
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Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport

In 490 BC, the Persian Army landed on the plain of Marathon, 25 miles from Athens. The Athenians sent a messenger named Feidipides to Sparta to ask for help. He ran the 150 miles in two days. The ...
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Injuries affect team performance negatively in professional football: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

3 Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Correspondence to Martin Hägglund, Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical ...
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Injury history as a risk factor for incident injury in youth soccer

1 Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Objectives: To determine if athletes with a ...
British Journal of Sports Medicine

Non-operative treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries: two-thirds avoid surgery at 2-year follow-up in a nationwide cohort

Objective To describe the nationwide population of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injured patients initially managed ...
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Debunking the myths about training load, injury and performance: empirical evidence, hot topics and recommendations for practitioners

Correspondence to Professor Tim J Gabbett, Gabbett Performance Solutions, Brisbane, QLD, Australia and University of Southern Queensland, Institute for Resilient Regions, Ipswich, QLD, Australia; ...
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PRICE needs updating, should we call the POLICE?

1 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK 2 Sports Institute of Northern Ireland, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK ...
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Do physical interventions improve outcomes following concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis?

Correspondence to Shreya McLeod, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia; ...
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Guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period

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Calculating acute:chronic workload ratios using exponentially weighted moving averages provides a more sensitive indicator of injury likelihood than rolling averages

Objective To determine if any differences exist between the rolling averages and exponentially weighted moving averages (EWMA) models of acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) calculation and subsequent ...
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Oversized young athletes: a weighty concern

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is increasing worldwide, with a corresponding decline in physical fitness and general physical activity level. Overweight and obese ...