Athletic performance tests the limits of the human body and mind. Awe-inspiring achievements is what makes sports so fascinating. It is well appreciated however that top-level sports may sometimes ...

Objectives To investigate associations between daily physical activity, activity intensity and step counts with incident cancer risk. Methods Prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants who wore ...

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Background Emerging evidence supports the importance of physical activity (PA) and behaviours that build resilience to prevent childhood psychiatric disorders. Objective To investigate associations ...

Objectives To describe the reproductive, pelvic and breast health of retired elite Australian female athletes. Methods Data were collected as part of a larger online cross-sectional survey that was ...

Objective The proliferation of youth sport specialisation may be concerning for the overall health of adolescent athletes, but no validated tool to measure specialisation exists. We aimed to assess ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...

Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of a brief physical activity assessment tool suitable for doctors to use to identify inactive patients in the primary care setting. Methods: ...

1 Raymond Purves Research Laboratories, Kolling Institute (University of Sydney) at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia 2 Camden Veterinary Hospital, University of Sydney, Camden, Australia ...

1 School of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 2 School of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Ankara Background: The sit and reach ...

Objective: To demonstrate the utility of a practical measure of lean mass for monitoring changes in the body composition of athletes. Methods: Between 1999 and 2003 body mass and sum of seven ...

1 Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 2 Clinical Research ...