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Spondylolysis: a critical review

1 Puget Sound Sports and Spine Physicians, Seattle, Washington, USA and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 2 Puget Sound Sports and Spine Physicians and ...
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Effect of interventions using physical activity trackers on physical activity in people aged 60 years and over: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Older people are at high risk of physical inactivity. Activity trackers can facilitate physical activity. We aimed to investigate the effect of interventions using activity trackers on ...
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Efficacy and safety of comfrey root extract ointment in the treatment of acute upper or lower back pain: results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre ...

Objective The objective was to show the superiority of comfrey root extract ointment to placebo ointment in patients with acute upper or lower back pain. Design The study was conducted as a ...
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Great Britain Rowing Team Guideline for diagnosis and management of rib stress injury: Part 1

Correspondence to Dr Guy Evans, Great Britain Rowing Team, 6 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London NG7 2UH, UK; guy.evans{at}gbrowingteam.org.uk Background Rib stress injury (RSI) is the development of pain ...
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Exercising with reserve: evidence that the central nervous system regulates prolonged exercise performance

UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa Objective: The ...
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Adverse events of exercise therapy in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To evaluate the relative risk (RR) of serious and non-serious adverse events in patients treated with exercise therapy compared with those in a non-exercising control group. Design ...
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Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle ...

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Estimating unbiased sports injury rates: a compendium of injury rates calculated by athlete exposure and athlete at risk methods

Correspondence to Dr Ian Shrier, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, H3T 1E2, Canada; ian.shrier{at}mcgill.ca ...
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Knee kinematics and joint moments during gait following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Melbourne School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3 School ...
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Death by effectiveness: exercise as medicine caught in the efficacy trap!

Correspondence to Dr Chris Beedie, Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3UX, UK; chb44{at}aber.ac.uk Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) has had a good ...
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Injury patterns differ with age in male youth football: a four-season prospective study of 1111 time-loss injuries in an elite national academy

Objectives To describe age group patterns for injury incidence, severity and burden in elite male youth football. Methods Prospective cohort study capturing data on individual exposure and time-loss ...
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A randomised clinical trial of the efficacy of drop squats or leg extension/leg curl exercises to treat clinically diagnosed jumper's knee in athletes: pilot study

Objectives—To compare the therapeutic effect of two different exercise protocols in athletes with jumper's knee. Methods—Randomised clinical trial comparing a 12 week programme of either drop squat ...