Objective To characterise the prevalence, incidence rate (IR) and burden of injuries in elite short-course triathletes over a 4-year training and competition period. Methods Fifty elite Australian ...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dynamic soft tissue mobilisation (STM) on hamstring flexibility in healthy male subjects. Methods: Forty five males volunteered ...

3 The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW, Scotland, UK Objectives—To undertake a prospective epidemiological study of the ...

In the UK, when a young person dies suddenly, the coroner is responsible for establishing the cause of death. They will ask a consultant pathologist to carry out an autopsy in order to ascertain when, ...

2 Sports Medicine Unit, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden 3 Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of ...

3 Fitness Assessment and Sports Injuries Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ 4 Department of Physical Education, Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium 2 Centre of Sports Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium 3 Department of Physical ...

Objective: To study the incidence and nature of injuries at European Championships, to compare training and match injury characteristics and to study differences in injury incidence between ...

2 School of Safety Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney Correspondence to: Dr Andrew McIntosh School of Safety Science, UNSW, Sydney, Australia 2052; a.mcintoshunsw.edu.au Objectives: To ...

A problem with epidemiological studies of football injuries is the inconsistent manner in which injury is defined and data are collected. Projects have been initiated to study the incidence and causes ...

Background: The reported incidence, severity and nature of injuries sustained in tennis vary considerably between studies. While some of these variations can be explained by differences in sample ...

Background Physical activity is important in both prevention and treatment of many common diseases, but sports injuries can pose serious problems. Objective To determine whether physical activity ...