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SHOULDER INJURY PREVENTION IN VOLLEYBALL: PERFORMANCE AND KINEMATICS ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE SPIKE TECHNIQUES
Background Repetitive stresses during spike movements in volleyball, make the shoulder one of the most commonly exposed body parts, bringing athletes to prematurely interrupt their career. Objective ...
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Distinguishing between causal and non-causal associations: implications for sports medicine clinicians
Correspondence to Dr Steven D Stovitz, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St, SEMMC 381, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; stovitz{at}umn.edu In any ...
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A six year prospective study of the incidence and causes of head and neck injuries in international football
Objective: To identify those risk factors that have the greatest impact on the incidence of head and neck injuries in international football. Method: A case–control study of players sustaining head ...
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What do under 15 year old schoolboy rugby union players think about protective headgear?
Objectives—When protective headgear is designed, the attitudes of the intended users needs to be taken into account, as well as safety performance criteria. The aim of this study was therefore to ...
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Methods for epidemiological study of injuries to professional football players: developing the UEFA model
A problem with epidemiological studies of football injuries is the inconsistent manner in which injury is defined and data are collected. Projects have been initiated to study the incidence and causes ...
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Patellofemoral pain: consensus statement from the 3rd International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat held in Vancouver, September 2013
5 Division of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 6 Department of Physical Therapy, Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA 7 Department of Physical Therapy, East ...
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FIFA’s approach to doping in football
1 FIFA Chief Medical Officer, FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre, FIFA chief Medical Officer and Department of Neurology, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland Background and objectives: ...
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Sports injuries and illnesses during the 2015 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival
Background The prevention of injury and illness remains an important issue among young elite athletes. Systematic surveillance of injuries and illnesses during multi-sport events might provide a ...
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Computerised cognitive assessment of concussed Australian Rules footballers
1 Centre for Sports Medicine Research Education, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Neuropsychology Laboratory, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Parkville, Victoria ...
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The association of environmental heat stress with performance: analysis of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
4 Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar 5 Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar—Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar ...
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The Concussion Recognition Tool 6 (CRT6)
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Scale of protection and the various types of sports mouthguard
Objectives: To present a grading system of the protection offered by various types of mouthguard, together with an indication of associated risks, in order to make athletes aware of the consequences ...