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Time to act: why menopause should be a priority in sports and exercise medicine

Menopause is defined as the cessation of menses marked by 12 consecutive months without a period and it usually occurs between 45 and 56 years. The transition into menopause may occur over a long ...
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Post-concussion screen time duration and type and its association with symptom resolution in youth aged 11–17 years

Objective To examine associations in youth between objectively measured screen time (duration and type) during the first week post concussion and time to symptom resolution. Study design We ...
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Clarifying ‘youth’: why conceptual and ethical clarity matters in sport

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Sciatic nerve involvement is associated with longer return to sport in collegiate American football players with acute hamstring injuries

Objective To assess if the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification (BAMIC) grade and sciatic nerve involvement on MRI at time of hamstring strain injury (HSI) were associated with the time to ...
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Innovative exercise for extrapulmonary benefits in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: feasibility, physiological responses and methodology (PhD Academy Award)

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Effect of strength training controlled with functional electromechanical dynamometry on energy expenditure (PhD Academy Award)

This PhD investigated the effect of resistance training, controlled using a functional electromechanical dynamometer (FEMD), on energy expenditure and related physiological variables during squat ...
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Age paradox: youth athletes in adult tournaments

The global intensity of modern sports has pushed youth athletes into competitions originally designed for fully mature adults. Recent Olympic Games have included athletes as young as 11, with 337 ...
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Long-term follow up from the Harvard Alumni Health Study: collegiate sport participation in males is associated with higher physical activity throughout midlife

Objective To compare physical activity (PA) over midlife between (1) former collegiate athletes and non-athletes and (2) among athletes in different sports. Methods The Harvard Alumni Health Study ...
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DOES LOVE AND PEACE PROTOCOL HAVE EFFECTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SOFT TISSUE INJURIES?

Dear Editor, We recently reviewed the article " Soft-tissue Injuries Simply Need PEACE and LOVE" in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. (1) This study presented preliminary evidence suggesting ...
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Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To evaluate prevention strategies, their unintended consequences and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussion (SRC) and/or head impact risk. Design This systematic review and ...
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Training patterns associated with injury in New York City Marathon runners

Objective Training patterns are commonly implicated in running injuries. The purpose of this study was to measure the incidence of injury and illness among marathon runners and the association of ...