Background: Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) occurs after unaccustomed exercise and has been suggested to be attributable to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Previous studies have shown increased ...

Objective To study the injury characteristics in professional football and to follow the variation of injury incidence during a match, during a season and over consecutive seasons. Design Prospective ...

Correspondence to Dr Sathish Rajasekaran, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Sports Medicine, 2701 Prairie Meadow Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; ...

School of Business, University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia Correspondence to Dr J M Connor, School of Business, University of New South Wales at ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Mohammad Nadir Haider, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA; haider{at}buffalo.edu ...

Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis and meta-regression. Data sources Online databases up to 12 January 2024, reference lists, recommended studies and hand searches. Eligibility ...

Design Systematic review with random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression. Study eligibility criteria Online databases were searched from database inception until 12 January 2024. Randomised ...

Correspondence to Dr Song Brian Byung, Department of Special Education, Dankook University, Yongin-si, Suji-gu, Jukjeon-ro, 152, Education Hall 515, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; songbh{at}dankook.ac.kr Purpose ...

Correspondence to Professor Lars Engebretsen, Ortopedisk avdeling Ulleval sykehus, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo 0407, Norway; lars.engebretsen{at}medisin.uio.no ...

It is well documented that exercise performance is greatly influenced by nutrition. The key factor in coping with the heavy demands of exercise faced by elite athletes seems to be carbohydrate intake.

Acute hamstring injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries reported in sport. Despite a thorough and concentrated effort to prevent and rehabilitate hamstring injuries, injury occurrence and ...