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 ...

Collecting an account of practitioners’ lived experiences of on-pitch concussion management in football provides real-world insight into areas for improvement, and future research direction. Previous ...

Sports-related concussions (SRCs) typically occur when the brain is hyperthermic. Acute head-and-neck cooling should, therefore, reduce the brain’s metabolic demands, with the potential to improve ...

Objectives Consequential interactions at the cleat-surface interface are associated with non-contact torsional injury mechanics, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, in football. This ...

Purpose The use of interdisciplinary teams to address the needs of individuals with concussion has continued to increase with time and to date, no standards exist that are used to guide and accredit ...

Climbing has grown into a grassroots participation sport and Olympic discipline. The high loads expressed through the upper limb may increase the risk of injury in this population. This may also ...

Sedentary behaviour is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Recent laboratory-based research suggests that ...

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 ...

Subacromial shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions affecting overhead athletes, particularly those engaged in high-intensity training modalities such as CrossFit. The ...

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 ...

Concussions in contact sports are challenging for athletes, health professionals and sporting bodies to prevent, detect and manage. Design of interventions for primary prevention, early recognition of ...

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 ...