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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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Substance P accelerates hypercellularity and angiogenesis in tendon tissue and enhances paratendinitis in response to Achilles tendon overuse in a tendinopathy model

4 Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Sports Medicine Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Correspondence to Dr Patrik Danielson, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Anatomy ...
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Do female elite athletes experience more complicated childbirth than non-athletes? A case–control study

Correspondence to Thorgerdur Sigurdardottir, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík 101, Iceland; th.sigurdardottir{at}gmail.com Objective Previous studies ...
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Medial tibial stress syndrome can be diagnosed reliably using history and physical examination

9 Amsterdam Centre for Evidence Based Sports Medicine (ACES), Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr M Winters, Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science & Sports ...
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Association of headgear mandate and concussion injury rates in girls’ high school lacrosse

Objectives Headgear use is a controversial issue in girls’ lacrosse. We compared concussion rates among high school lacrosse players in an American state with a headgear mandate (HM) to states without ...
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Effect of incorporating low intensity exercise into the recovery period after a rugby match

Background: The psychological and physiological condition of athletes affect both their performance in competitions and their health. Rugby is an intense sport which appears to impose psychological ...
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2016 consensus statement of the International Ankle Consortium: prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains

The Executive Committee of the International Ankle Consortium presents this 2016 position paper with recommendations for information implementation and continued research based on the paradigm that ...
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Running in a minimalist and lightweight shoe is not the same as running barefoot: a biomechanical study

2 Department of Physiology, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 3 Department of Movement Science, Biomechanics, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ...
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Workload, injury prevention and the quest for greater pitching velocity in adolescent baseball players: the sports medicine conundrum

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Managing the health of the elite athlete: a new integrated performance health management and coaching model

Elite athletes endeavour to train and compete even when ill or injured. Their motivation may be intrinsic or due to coach and team pressures. The sports medicine physician plays an important role to ...
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British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system

4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...
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Incidence of midportion Achilles tendinopathy in the general population

1 Sports Medicine Department, The Hague Medical Centre, Leidschendam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Orthopaedics, ...