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Adolescence is a critical time for patellar tendon development: it is time to rethink our current approach to patellar tendinopathy (3 December, 2025) ...
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The Central Governor Model in 2012: eight new papers deepen our understanding of the regulation of human exercise performance

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Perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity for children with disability: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Nora Shields, School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia; n.shields{at}latrobe.edu.au Aim The aim of this systematic review was to investigate ...
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Physical inactivity: the biggest public health problem of the 21st century

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Resistance training in musculoskeletal rehabilitation: a systematic review

Centre for Human Performance, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court, Epsom, Surrey, UK Correspondence to Jakob Kristensen, Centre for Human ...
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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and meniscal repair rates have both increased in the past 20 years in England: hospital statistics from 1997 to 2017

Objectives We investigated the temporal trend and the geographical variation in the rate of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and meniscal repair (MR) performed in England during a 20 ...
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Do Functional Movement Screen (FMS) composite scores predict subsequent injury? A systematic review with meta-analysis

Correspondence to Robert W Moran, Health Care, Unitec Institute of Technology Private Bag 92025, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; rmoran{at}unitec.ac.nz Aim This paper aims to systematically review studies ...
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Exercise during pregnancy and gestational diabetes-related adverse effects: a randomised controlled trial

3 Department of Physical Education and Sport, School of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain Correspondence to Dr Jonatan R Ruiz, Department of Physical Education and Sport, School of ...
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Gait modifications to change lower extremity gait biomechanics in runners: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Michael A Hunt, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, 212-2177 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3; michael.hunt{at}ubc.ca ...
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Effect of media on the mental health of elite athletes

Correspondence to Dr Cindy Chang, Orthopaedics; Family and Community Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA; cjchangsportsmd{at}gmail.com After Naomi Osaka declined press conferences at the ...
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Why we should focus on the burden of injuries and illnesses, not just their incidence

Correspondence to Professor Roald Bahr, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, 0806 Oslo, Norway; roald{at}nih.no, roald.bahr{at}nih.no ...
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Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients

Objectives To compare hospitalisation rates, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and mortality for patients with COVID-19 who were consistently inactive, doing some activity or consistently meeting ...