Objective To report the prevalence of mental health symptoms and influencing factors in retired professional high contact team sport (HCTS) athletes. Design Mixed-methods systematic review. Data ...

Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. Aim ...

1 Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia 2 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ...

Objectives: There has been growing controversy regarding long term effects of repeated low severity head impacts such as when heading a football. However, there are few scientific data substantiating ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert G McCormack, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Suite 102-65 Richmond Street, New Westminster, BC, Canada V3L5P5; drbobmccormack{at}me.com ...

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to: Associate Professor Finch, Department of ...

Musculoskeletal pain in athletes is common, but not always associated with injury (ie, tissue damage).1 Damage occurs when load exceeds tissue tolerance, such as ligament tear or a fracture. However, ...

Background: Groin injury is a common injury in football and a complicated area when it comes to diagnosis and therapy. There is a lack of comprehensive epidemiological data on groin injuries in ...

Correspondence to Dr Margo Mountjoy, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; mmsportdoc{at}mcmaster.ca As it turns out… Dr Nassar was not a doctor, he in fact ...

1 Puget Sound Sports and Spine Physicians, Seattle, Washington, USA and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 2 Puget Sound Sports and Spine Physicians and ...

Background Little information exists on the illness and injury patterns of athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Among the possible explanations for the current lack of knowledge ...

Objectives: Physique traits and their relationship to competitive success were assessed amongst lightweight rowers competing at the 2003 Australian Rowing Championships. Methods: Full anthropometric ...