Background There are many possible predisposing factors for Achilles tendon disorders suggested in the literature but their pathogenetic relevance is not proven in most cases. The asymmetric ...

3 National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark Correspondence to Dr Pieter Coenen, Department of Public and Occupational Health Amsterdam, Public Health Research Institute ...

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Objectives To investigate associations between daily physical activity, activity intensity and step counts with incident cancer risk. Methods Prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants who wore ...

3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN, USA Correspondence to Kimberly G Harmon, Departments of Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, 4060 East Stevens ...

Correspondence to Dr Grant L Iverson, Center for Health and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 79/96 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA ...

Correspondence to Kaikanani Y Woollings, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 1N4; n.woollings{at}ucalgary.ca Background ...

Background/Aim Evidence for the long-term health effects of specific sport disciplines is scarce. Therefore, we examined the associations of six different types of sport/exercise with all-cause and ...

The link between health and physical activity has been enshrined in medical lore since ancient times. Over 2000 years ago, practitioners in India, China, Greece and the Roman Empire espoused the ...

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Professor Stuart Biddle, Physical Activity and Public Health, School of Sport, Exercise and ...

A systematic review to determine if exercise alone or as part of a comprehensive intervention can improve self esteem in children and young people is described. Twenty three randomised controlled ...

1 Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington ...