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INJURIES AND ILLNESS DURING MASS-PARTICIPATION TRIATHLON RACES: OPTIMISING COMPETITOR SAFETY

1 Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College, London, United Kingdom 2 Department of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Nuffield Orthopaedic ...
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Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool 6 (SCOAT6)

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Hamstring injuries: prevention and treatment—an update

Despite increased knowledge of hamstring muscle injuries, the incidence has not diminished. We now know that not all hamstring injuries are the same and that certain types of injuries require ...
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Non-operative treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries: two-thirds avoid surgery at 2-year follow-up in a nationwide cohort

Objective To describe the nationwide population of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injured patients initially managed non-operatively, quantify the proportion undergoing delayed ACL reconstruction ...
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Aerobic exercise increases hippocampal volume in older women with probable mild cognitive impairment: a 6-month randomised controlled trial

5 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a well-recognised risk factor for dementia and represents a ...
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Sport climbing: medical considerations for this new Olympic discipline

Since the recent announcement that Sport Climbing was selected to be part of the next Summer Olympic Games in 2020, climbers around the world are eager to see their sport on the most world-renowned ...
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Is running associated with a lower risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and is the more the better? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To investigate the association of running participation and the dose of running with the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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093 The incidence of injuries and illness during open-water swimming events: optimising swimmer safety

Background Open-water swimming (OWS) is a popular mass-participation sport in the UK; however, it presents unique safety and medical challenges. Objective To compare the incidence of illness and ...
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Physical inactivity: the biggest public health problem of the 21st century

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Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...
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Injury incidence, severity and profile in Olympic combat sports: a comparative analysis of 7712 athlete exposures from three consecutive Olympic Games

Objectives To describe and compare the epidemiology of competition injuries in unarmed combat sports (ie, boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling) in three consecutive Olympic Games. Methods Prospective ...
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Injury incidence and burden in a youth elite football academy: a four-season prospective study of 551 players aged from under 9 to under 19 years

Objective Investigate the incidence and burden of injuries by age group in youth football (soccer) academy players during four consecutive seasons. Methods All injuries that caused time-loss or ...