Objective To explore (1) the risk of injury according to the number of previous injuries, and (2) the risk of progression of the athletes’ health status according to the impact on athletics ...

Injury prevention in sports remains a perpetual challenge, frequently hindered by linear approaches that fail to account for the complexity of real-world scenarios. We propose a paradigm shift in this ...

Objectives To describe quantitative studies of sport or physical recreation for children and young people with physical disability and evaluate effects on health-related outcomes. Data sources Six ...

Purpose The hippocampus, with its intricate wiring and thin blood-brain barrier, may be particularly vulnerable to sport-related concussion (SRC) and repetitive subconcussive impacts. This study ...

Objectives Accelerometers are widely applied in health studies, but lack of standardisation regarding device placement, sampling and data processing hampers comparability between studies. The ...

Background/Objective Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and local positioning systems (LPS) are to date common tools to measure external training load in athletes. The aim of this scoping ...

Objectives To evaluate the interexaminer reliability of abdominal palpation and resistance tests in athletes with longstanding groin pain, and to identify the prevalence of positive clinical tests in ...

Objectives The aim of this review was to systematically investigate long-term brain health in retired rugby players. Methods Six databases were systematically searched from inception to January 2018 ...

Objective Football players are at risk of developing hip osteoarthritis (OA). Cam morphology (present in almost two of every three football players) may explain this heightened risk, but there is ...

Background Medical screening and load monitoring procedures are commonly used in professional football to assess factors perceived to be associated with injury. Objectives To identify prognostic ...

In this study, we explored the perspectives about sports injury prevention of Belgium Olympic level athletes, coaches, managers and healthcare providers from various Olympic sports. We conducted a ...

Conclusions A continued endurance physical activity leads to adaptive changes in spirometric parameters (VC, FVC and FEV 1), highlighting the fact that there is a need for specific consideration of ...