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Substance P accelerates hypercellularity and angiogenesis in tendon tissue and enhances paratendinitis in response to Achilles tendon overuse in a tendinopathy model

4 Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Sports Medicine Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Correspondence to Dr Patrik Danielson, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Anatomy ...
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Overtraining--what do lactate curves tell us?

Department of Human Biology, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. In a cyclist, competing at national and international level, submaximal lactate concentrations were initially interpreted as ...
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Can oestrogen influence skeletal muscle damage, inflammation, and repair?

Oestrogen may affect muscle damage and inflammation, but the physiological significance of this, particularly potential effects on muscle repair and recovery in humans, and the mechanisms of its ...
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Muscle injuries and PRP: what does the science say?

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Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for ankle syndesmosis injury

Objective Our aim was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the clinical presentation of ankle syndesmosis injury and four common clinical diagnostic tests. Design Cross-sectional diagnostic ...
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Psychological predictors of injury among elite athletes

1 Queensland Academy of Sport, Centre of Excellence for Applied Sports Science Research, Brisbane, Australia Correspondence to: Dr Galambos Queensland Academy of Sport, PO Box 956, Sunnybank, QLD 4109 ...
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Physiological characteristics of junior and senior rugby league players

Objectives: To investigate the physiological characteristics of subelite junior and senior rugby league players and establish performance standards for these athletes. Methods: A total of 159 junior ...
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Effect of submaximal contraction intensity in contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching

Objective: To determine if submaximal contractions used in contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (CRPNF) stretching of the hamstrings yield comparable gains in hamstring flexibility ...
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Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool 6 (SCOAT6)

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Calculating acute:chronic workload ratios using exponentially weighted moving averages provides a more sensitive indicator of injury likelihood than rolling averages

Objective To determine if any differences exist between the rolling averages and exponentially weighted moving averages (EWMA) models of acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) calculation and subsequent ...
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Sedentary behaviour and the risk of depression: a meta-analysis

Correspondence to Professor Dongfeng Zhang, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Qingdao University Medical College, No.38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, China; ...
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Great Britain Rowing Team Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Rib Stress Injury: Part 2 – The Guideline itself

Correspondence to Dr Guy Evans, Great Britain Rowing Medical Team – British Rowing, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; guy.evans{at}gbrowingteam.org.uk If you wish to reuse ...