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Meet the New Editors

I am delighted to introduce the 2022/2023 new members of the BJSM editorial board. We have intentionally expanded the diversity of our editorial team, broadening our perspectives, expertise, and ...
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Evaluating movement breaks as a public health strategy to mitigate the harms of prolonged sitting: a large-scale pragmatic intervention

Brief, regular movement breaks have been proposed as a public health strategy to offset the harms of prolonged sedentary behaviour; however, their real-world viability is unclear. This study aimed to ...
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Increased risk of injury following red and yellow cards, injuries and goals in FIFA World Cups

Objective To study the relationship between potentially game-disrupting incidents (PGDIs; red and yellow cards, goals and injuries) and the injury incidence in football. Design Prospective injury ...
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Supporting journal selection: an open-source academic journal verification tool for researchers in sports and exercise medicine

The landscape of academic publishing in sports and exercise medicine has changed substantially over the past two decades. In 2005, the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) indexed 94 journals in the ...
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Fitness under fire: a sports and exercise medicine framework to maintain fitness in the context of modern global conflict, enforced confinement and possible radiation exposure

Global geopolitical crises pose multiple threats, including the physical and mental health of those involved, requiring adaptations to optimise well-being in challenging scenarios. The COVID-19 ...
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Eighty-two per cent of male professional football (soccer) players return to play at the previous level two seasons after Achilles tendon rupture treated with surgical repair

Objective To evaluate the time to return to playing following acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) and surgical repair in professional male football (soccer) players. Methods Professional male football ...
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Progressing rehabilitation after injury: consider the ‘control-chaos continuum’

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Injury surveillance in multi-sport events: the International Olympic Committee approach

Background: The protection of athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for international sports federations. Standardised injury surveillance provides not only important ...
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Mechanisms of head injuries in elite football

Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to: Dr T E Andersen Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian University of ...
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Time to monitor the mental health of esports athletes

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recent announcement of the Olympic Esports Games signals a new era of ...
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Are group-based and individual physiotherapy exercise programmes equally effective for musculoskeletal conditions? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Musculoskeletal pain is common and its treatment costly. Both group and individual physiotherapy interventions which incorporate exercise aim to reduce pain and disability. Do the ...
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Physiological and anthropometric characteristics of amateur rugby league players

School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Griffith University Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to: T J Gabbett, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise ...