Objectives There is a lack of data on salivary sex hormones across the menstrual cycle (MC) or hormonal contraceptive (HC) cycle of elite athletes. We aimed to provide original data on salivary sex ...

Objective To determine the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of match and training injuries among football players at an academy in Ghana. Methods In this prospective observational study, we ...

The incidence of breast cancer has increased from 900 000 to 2.3 million new annual cases over the last 25 years. The 5-year survival rate has markedly risen to over 90% worldwide due to significant ...

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Dr Tao Xiao, PhD Shenzhen University Shenzhen, China Area of expertise: Machine Learning, Exercise Prescription orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-156X Dr Marelise Badenhorst ...

Organised sports are the most common settings for sports participation. Despite a range of documented benefits from participation, these positive outcomes are not always guaranteed. Emotional distress ...

Objective This study evaluates the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the MyotonPRO and its construct validity for the assessment of Achilles tendon stiffness. Design Reliability and construct ...

1 Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Objective To assess whether acetazolamide (Az), used prophylactically for acute ...

2 Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 3 Division of Orthopaedics and Biotechnology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska ...

Introduction Prospective data on treatment outcome from unselected cohorts of children with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury are sparse. Since 2011 the surgical treatment of children with ACL ...

Objectives Risk factors for anterior shoulder dislocation include young age, contact activities and male sex. The influence of sex on patient-reported outcomes of arthroscopic Bankart repair (ABR) is ...