Background Repetitive stresses during spike movements in volleyball, make the shoulder one of the most commonly exposed body parts, bringing athletes to prematurely interrupt their career. Objective ...

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...

Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...

4 Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar 5 Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar ...

Correspondence to Professor Roald Bahr, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, 0806 Oslo, Norway; roald{at}nih.no, roald.bahr{at}nih.no ...

Correspondence to Dr Steven D Stovitz, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St, SEMMC 381, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; stovitz{at}umn.edu In any ...

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 ...

1 University Center for Sport, Exercise and Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Center for Sports Medicine, University Medical Center ...

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...

Objectives: To present a grading system of the protection offered by various types of mouthguard, together with an indication of associated risks, in order to make athletes aware of the consequences ...

Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...

1 Division of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia 2 Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury Research Unit, Division of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland A systematic ...