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 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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Objectives: Controversy surrounding the long term effects of repeated impacts from heading has raised awareness among the public and the medical community. However, there is little information about ...

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: ...

Objectives: To examine evidence on the effectiveness of current injury prevention strategies in soccer, determine the applicability of the evidence to children and youth, and make recommendations on ...

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Dr Thor Einar Andersen Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, ...

1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2 School of Physiotherapy, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to ...

Background Exercise is considered important in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases, but the effect of high intensity exercises on disease activity is unknown. Objective To investigate ...

Correspondence to: Professor Martin Schwellnus University of Cape Town, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, ...