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Effect of exercise-induced dehydration on endurance performance: evaluating the impact of exercise protocols on outcomes using a meta-analytic procedure

Objective It is purported that exercise-induced dehydration (EID), especially if ≥ 2% bodyweight, impairs endurance performance (EP). Field research shows that athletes can achieve outstanding EP ...
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The Concussion Recognition Tool 5th Edition (CRT5): Background and rationale

The Concussion Recognition Tool 5 (CRT5) is the most recent revision of the Pocket Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 that was initially introduced by the Concussion in Sport Group in 2005. The CRT5 ...
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‘Only by speaking out can we create lasting change’: what can we learn from the Dr Larry Nassar tragedy?

Correspondence to Dr Margo Mountjoy, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; mmsportdoc{at}mcmaster.ca As it turns out… Dr Nassar was not a doctor, he in fact ...
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Long-standing groin pain in sportspeople falls into three primary patterns, a “clinical entity” approach: a prospective study of 207 patients

Background: Groin pain remains a major challenge in sports medicine. Aim: To examine 207 consecutive athletes (196 men, 11 women) with groin pain using a standardised and reliable clinical examination ...
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Incidence of midportion Achilles tendinopathy in the general population

1 Sports Medicine Department, The Hague Medical Centre, Leidschendam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Orthopaedics, ...
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Is ‘plantar heel pain’ a more appropriate term than ‘plantar fasciitis’? Time to move on

2 Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 3 La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe ...
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The Copenhagen Consensus Conference 2016: children, youth, and physical activity in schools and during leisure time

From 4 to 7 April 2016, 24 researchers from 8 countries and from a variety of academic disciplines gathered in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity in ...
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A prospective cohort study of injury in amateur and professional boxing

1 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine and the Brain Research Institute, University ...
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The impact of psychological readiness to return to sport and recreational activities after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Background This cross-sectional study aimed to examine whether appraisal of knee function, psychological and demographic factors were related to returning to the preinjury sport and recreational ...
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Starting young to protect elite athletes’ mental health

Mental ill health is an important health condition affecting young people globally. Approximately half of all common mental disorders emerge before the age of 18, including mood, anxiety, eating, ...
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Effectiveness of an e-health tennis-specific injury prevention programme: randomised controlled trial in adult recreational tennis players

1 Amsterdam UMC, Univ of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Academic Center for Evidence-based Sports medicine (ACES), Amsterdam ...
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A comparison of the physiological profiles of elite Gaelic footballers, hurlers, and soccer players

Background: Gaelic football, soccer, and hurling are prominent field games in Ireland and involve participants undertaking a variety of playing tasks and skills which place various physiological ...