The main objectives of the fight against doping in sports are the protection of health and fair competition in the defence of clean athletes. The fight against doping is getting more and more complex ...

Correspondence to: Dr Minoyama Fuji Toranomon Orthopaedic Hospital, Sports Medical Centre, 1067-1 Kawashimada, Gotemba City, Shizuoka 412-0045, Japan; msportsdr{at}aol.com Background: Research on ...

Background Sedentary time is increasing in all societies and results in limited non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) of daily life. The importance of low NEPA for cardiovascular health and longevity ...

1 Waikato Institute of Technology, School of Sport and Exercise Science, Hamilton, New Zealand 2 The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand Correspondence to: ...

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Background: Exercise is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung disease. Objective: To explore the role of physical activity in maintaining cardiac and ...

Correspondence to: Dr Waddington, Physiotherapy Department, The Canberra Hospital, PO Box 11, Woden, ACT 2605, Australia; g.waddington{at}fhs.usyd.edu.au Background: The capacity of the plantar sole ...

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, University of Sport & Physical Education, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Professor Bahr, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, University of Sport & Physical ...

Competitive tennis play requires a combination of the major physiological variables; however, the specifics of these variables have yet to be determined appropriately. General strength and flexibility ...

2 Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to Elin Ekblom-Bak, Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, Swedish School of ...

Department of Physiology, McGill University Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research SMBD-Jewish General Hospital Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, ...

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 ...