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Sex differences in injury during top-level international athletics championships: surveillance data from 14 championships between 2007 and 2014

Background Injury incidence has been reported for international athletics championships from 2007 to 2012. However, it is unclear whether male or female athletes differ in risk and/or characteristics ...
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Combined education and patient-led goal setting intervention reduced chronic low back pain disability and intensity at 12 months: a randomised controlled trial

Background One model of care that has not been tested for chronic low back pain (LBP) is patient-led goal setting. We aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness and healthcare use of a patient-led ...
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Cause of Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps (EAMC) — altered neuromuscular control, dehydration or electrolyte depletion?

Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps (EAMC) is one of the most common conditions that require medical attention during or immediately after sports events. Despite the high prevalence of this condition ...
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Bright Spots, physical activity investments that work: Parkrun; a global initiative striving for healthier and happier communities

Correspondence to Dr Lindsey J Reece, Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney 2000, Australia; lindsey.reece{at}sydney.edu.au If you wish to reuse any ...
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Eccentric treatment for patellar tendinopathy: a prospective randomised short-term pilot study of two rehabilitation protocols

1 Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine & Stockholm Sport Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 2 Biomechanics and Motor ...
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Clarifying the roles of patients in research

Correspondence to Kristin Liabo, NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK; ...
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The effect of three different levels of footwear stability on pain outcomes in women runners: a randomised control trial

Background The present study examines the injury status in women runners who are randomised to receive a neutral, stability or motion control running shoe. Methods 81 female runners were categorised ...
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Olympic and Paralympic coaches’ perceived barriers to mental health help-seeking: a concept mapping study

Objectives To investigate challenges associated with mental health help-seeking among Olympic and Paralympic coaches. The study also sought to identify which challenges were most important and ...
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Genes encoding proteoglycans are associated with the risk of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures

4 The South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence to Dr Alison V September, MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, ...
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McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy was slightly more effective than placebo for pain, but not for disability, in patients with chronic non-specific low back ...

Background The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) is one of the exercise approaches recommended by low back pain (LBP) guidelines. We investigated the efficacy of MDT compared ...
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We need to talk about manels: the problem of implicit gender bias in sport and exercise medicine

Box 1 Who is the surgeon? A father and his son are in a car crash that kills the father. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he is about to undergo surgery, the surgeon says: ‘I can’t ...
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Risk factors for groin injury in sport: an updated systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Jackie L Whittaker, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; ...