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Amateur boxing in the last 59 years. Impact of rules changes on the type of verdicts recorded and implications on boxers’ health

3 Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Italian Olympic Committee, Rome, Italy Correspondence to Dr Bianco Massimiliano, Sports Medicine Unit, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Institute, Catholic ...
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Bright spots, physical activity investments that work: Vitality Active Rewards—a smartphone app that incentivises programme members to be physically active

Correspondence to Dr Jon Patricios, Section of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; jpat{at}mweb.co.za If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
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The inflammatory response: friend or enemy for muscle injury?

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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): how should I interpret reports of measurement properties? A practical guide for clinicians and researchers who are not biostatisticians

1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, ...
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Risk of hepatitis B infections in Olympic wrestling

Correspondence to: Dr S Bereket-Yücel Celal Bayar University, School of Physical Education and Sports, Department of Kinesiology and Training Sciences, Mavisehir Selcuk 4, Giris 3 No = 72 Izmir, ...
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The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football—analysis of hamstring injuries

Objective: To conduct a detailed analysis of hamstring injuries sustained in English professional football over two competitive seasons. Methods: Club medical staff at 91 professional football clubs ...
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Previous injury as a risk factor for injury in elite football: a prospective study over two consecutive seasons

Correspondence to: M Hägglund Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-58183 Linköping, Sweden; martin.hagglund{at}ihs.liu.se Background: Previous injury is often proposed to be a ...
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British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system

4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...
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Physically active lessons in schools and their impact on physical activity, educational, health and cognition outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective This review provides the first meta-analysis of the impact of physically active lessons on lesson-time and overall physical activity (PA), as well as health, cognition and educational ...
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Ankle injuries in basketball: injury rate and risk factors

2 School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Objectives—To determine the rate of ankle injury and examine risk factors of ankle injuries in mainly ...
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Reframing beliefs and instiling facts for contemporary management of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain

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Can vestibular rehabilitation exercises help patients with concussion? A systematic review of efficacy, prescription and progression patterns

1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2 School of Physiotherapy, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to ...