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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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Cycling is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases and death: Part 1 – systematic review of cohort studies with meta-analysis

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cycling as a physical activity holds great potential to prevent CVD. We aimed to determine whether cycling reduces the ...
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Muscle injuries and PRP: what does the science say?

Correspondence to Dr Kimberly G Harmon, Hall Health Sports Medicine Clinic, Box 354410, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; kharmon{at}u.washington.edu If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
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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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Clinician-friendly lower extremity physical performance tests in athletes: a systematic review of measurement properties and correlation with injury. Part 2—the tests for the ...

2 Centre for Health and Rehabilitation Technologies, School of Health Sciences, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtonabbey, County Antrim, UK 3 Sport and Exercise ...
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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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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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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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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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Activity and functional readiness, not age, are the critical factors for second anterior cruciate ligament injury — the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study

6 Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslow, Norway Correspondence to Dr Hege Grindem, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo 0806, ...
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Functional assessment of knee joint position sense following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (TUMS), Pich-Shemiran, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor M R Hadian, Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of ...
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Athlete mental health: future directions

The impact of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes is increasingly recognised. This led the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to produce a consensus statement1 and establish a ...