Competitive athletes consistently demonstrate high rates of oral disease. This mixed-methods study investigated and compared ...

Background/ Aim In professional soccer, comprehensive musculoskeletal assessments are performed prior to player transfers to ...

Adolescent athletes have specific developmental risks for sports injury and the onset of mental health problems. Research has ...

Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are more sedentary compared with the general population, but contemporary cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes do not specifically target sedentary ...

Objectives To study the associations between daily self-reported stress, sleep quality, muscle soreness and fatigue in the ...

Background Achilles tendon rupture (ATR), while rare in football, is a severe career-threatening injury associated with long-layoff times. To date, no study has documented ATR’s mechanism in ...

Objectives To describe the prevalence, incidence and burden of injuries and illnesses, including their patterns (mechanisms, affected body parts/organ systems) across playing positions (wing, back, ...

Objective To compare time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week, MVPA per day, and steps per day between individuals that were subjected to the anterior cruciate ligament ...

Objectives To explore the relationships between age, gender, type of sport, perfectionistic self-presentation and motivation on body satisfaction among young athletes in one aesthetic sport ...

Background Scientific studies on the prevalence of mental health problems in elite athletes are rare, and most have had considerable methodological limitations, such as low response rate and ...

Introduction Obesity treatment guidelines suggest moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), but the patient’s compliance to this indication remains low. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is ...

Background Well-being declines during men’s middle years, and while physical activity (PA) can have a positive influence, the type of PA that provides the greatest benefit is not clear. This ...