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Return to play in elite sport: a shared decision-making process

Correspondence to Dr H Paul Dijkstra, Sports Medicine Department, ASPETAR, QATAR Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, PO Box 29222, Doha, Qatar; paul.dijkstra{at}aspetar.com Illness or injury ...
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Men, muscles, and body image: comparisons of competitive bodybuilders, weight trainers, and athletically active controls

1 The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology, Virginia Beach, VA, USA 2 Old Dominion University/The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology, Norfolk, VA, USA Correspondence to: ...
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Population attributable fraction: names, types and issues with incorrect interpretation of relative risks

3 School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Belen Zapata-Diomedi, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Level 2, Public ...
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Can oestrogen influence skeletal muscle damage, inflammation, and repair?

Oestrogen may affect muscle damage and inflammation, but the physiological significance of this, particularly potential effects on muscle repair and recovery in humans, and the mechanisms of its ...
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Muscle injuries and PRP: what does the science say?

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Nuisance or necessity? Why robust peer review is critical for medical science

Correspondence to Professor Jon Patricios, Wits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits University, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; ...
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Management of the sprained ankle

Correspondence to: Dr van Dijk, Orthopaedic Research Centre, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands; M.Lammerts{at}amc.uva.nl Inversion injuries of the ...
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Effect of submaximal contraction intensity in contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching

Objective: To determine if submaximal contractions used in contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (CRPNF) stretching of the hamstrings yield comparable gains in hamstring flexibility ...
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Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool 6 (SCOAT6)

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Compliance with a comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in youth football

Background Participants' compliance, attitudes and beliefs have the potential to influence the efficacy of an intervention greatly. Objective To characterise team and player compliance with a ...
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Great Britain Rowing Team Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Rib Stress Injury: Part 2 – The Guideline itself

Correspondence to Dr Guy Evans, Great Britain Rowing Medical Team – British Rowing, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; guy.evans{at}gbrowingteam.org.uk If you wish to reuse ...
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‘ACL – wow, this is bad’: patients’ perspectives on their anterior cruciate ligament injury and its care – a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis

Objective To synthesise all qualitative studies investigating patients’ (and parents of paediatric patients) perspectives on their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and the care they received.