Objective Patients who sustain acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) exhibit variable and mostly impaired long-term functional, and patient-reported outcomes. However, there exists a lack of early ...

Introduction and Purpose Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) participated in phase 2 of the Active Hospitals Project. A number of work streams were created, summarised in figure 1. A ...

Open goals (eg, ‘see how many steps you can reach today’) have developed as a promising strategy for increasing physical activity and producing beneficial psychological outcomes such as autonomous ...

Objective A constricted, upper chest breathing pattern and postural dealignments habitually accompany exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO), but there are few effective treatments for athletes ...

Understanding the current prevalence and incidence of running injury from an evolutionary perspective has sparked great debate. Proponents of the evolutionary approach to understanding running injury ...

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 ...

Injury prevention and performance optimisation in sports are evolving from generic strategies to more personalised, timely and data-informed approaches. Traditional systems often rely on infrequent ...

Purpose To examine pluralistic ignorance – the belief that peers’ views differ from one’s own – regarding concussion reporting among male professional rugby players in Major League Rugby (MLR).

Objectives High-intensity interval training (HIIT) during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may alleviate the symptom burden, but the fidelity and ...

Purpose This study evaluated the effects of Brainwave Entrainment (BWE) using the BrainTap headset and compression therapy (CT) with the NormaTec Pulse 2.0 Legs device as adjunct therapies for ...

Background/aims Obesity and sleep deprivation are two epidemics that pervade developed nations. Their rates have been steadily rising worldwide, especially in the USA. This short communication will ...

Purpose Examine the influence of concussion history and current life stress on self-reported anxiety and depression in young adults. Methods This cross-sectional study included 75 young adults (70% ...