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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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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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Post-exertional malaise and the myth of cardiac deconditioning: rethinking the pathophysiology of long covid

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Cycling is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases and death: Part 1 – systematic review of cohort studies with meta-analysis

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cycling as a physical activity holds great potential to prevent CVD. We aimed to determine whether cycling reduces the ...
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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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Pre-event ‘medical time out’

Medical emergencies are an inherent risk in any sport, transcending boundaries and impacting athletes globally. From a cervical spine injury on the (American) football field to a sudden cardiac arrest ...
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Muscle injuries and PRP: what does the science say?

Correspondence to Dr Kimberly G Harmon, Hall Health Sports Medicine Clinic, Box 354410, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; kharmon{at}u.washington.edu If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
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Abdominal symptoms during physical exercise and the role of gastrointestinal ischaemia: a study in 12 symptomatic athletes

1 Department of gastroenterology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Department of gastroenterology, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 3 Department of ...
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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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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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Republished research: Implementation research: what it is and how to do it

1 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; If you wish to reuse any ...
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Do Functional Movement Screen (FMS) composite scores predict subsequent injury? A systematic review with meta-analysis

Correspondence to Robert W Moran, Health Care, Unitec Institute of Technology Private Bag 92025, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; rmoran{at}unitec.ac.nz Aim This paper aims to systematically review studies ...