Objectives This review aimed to provide a pooled estimate of injury incidence and epidemiology in women’s ice hockey.Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted by searching PubMed ...

As I step down as Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (BOSEM), I find myself reflecting not only on the journal itself but also on the broader publishing environment in which we all ...

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and progressive cardiovascular condition associated with significant morbidity, mortality and ...

Insufficient physical activity (PA) among children has become a major global public health concern. The family environment ...

Objectives To develop a sustainable and accessible educational programme on biopsychosocial female-specific topics, for young female athletes in organised sport, their parents and coaches for future ...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) remains a significant health concern for the US Military Health System and a threat to warfighter readiness. Although most service members (SMs) recover following an ...

Running is very popular worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of people enjoying this activity every day.1 Significant benefits have been largely described on the physical, mental and social aspects.

Objectives To examine the propensity of tackle height and the number of tacklers that result in head acceleration events (HAEs) in elite-level male and female rugby tackles. Methods Instrumented ...

Background Obesity is a known risk factor for hypertension, but the extent to which physical activity mediates this relationship remains unclear. Methods Cross-sectional data from medical exams of ...

Objective To describe the prevalence and nature of Olympic-career related injuries and illnesses, and behaviours during injury/illness, in Olympians in the 4 years prior to their participation at the ...

Objective This study aimed to examine the incidence of musculoskeletal time-loss injuries during physical education (PE) classes and their association with non-modifiable risk factors. Methods A 1 ...

Background Bone stress injury (BSI) is a common overuse injury in female athletes that can occur in a variety of bones, including both proximal (pelvis, sacrum, femoral neck) or distal (tibia, fibula, ...