Objectives Accurate assessment of injury severity is crucial for effective injury risk management in elite sports. To ...

Objectives To date, consistent evidence for consequences of heading in football (soccer) on the structure and function of the ...

Objectives Para athletes may face unique challenges in the anti-doping system, including issues of privacy, implementation, comprehension and accessibility. While previous studies have examined ...

Background Obesity is a known risk factor for hypertension, but the extent to which physical activity mediates this relationship remains unclear. Methods Cross-sectional data from medical exams of ...

Objectives The benefits of physical activity (PA) and the negative impacts of sedentary time (SED) on health in youth are well established. However, uncertainty remains surrounding how PA and SED ...

Acute finger and thumb injuries of the ligament and tendons are common. Indeed, a cross-sectional study in 2012 showed that they accounted for 38.4% of all upper extremity injury visits to the ...

Objectives Proximal hamstring tendon avulsion injuries are severe and potentially career-threatening for elite athletes. Until now, no data have been published on the non-operative treatment of this ...

Objectives As a high-intensity intermittent sport with short and repeated rapid accelerations, decelerations and changes of direction, badminton involves high joint and muscle loads. This review aims ...

Objectives To examine sex differences in psychological readiness to return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction as well as to determine whether males and females ...

Objective To establish the prevalence of mental health symptoms (MHSs) among Dutch elite athletes and their coaches, to examine the association between potential contributing factors and MHS among ...

Objective This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the role of low energy availability (LEA) in the interplay between depression and disordered eating/eating disorders (DE/EDs) among female ...

Background Time-restricted feeding (TRF), a form of intermittent fasting, limits daily caloric intake to a 6–12 hour window and has been shown to effectively promote weight loss and improve overall ...