Despite extensive use over 40 years, physical activity questionnaires still show limited reliability and validity. Measurements have value in indicating conditions where an increase in physical ...

Objective Self-reports of physical activity (PA) have been the mainstay of measurement in most non-communicable disease (NCD) surveillance systems. To these, other measures are added to summate to a ...

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical ...

1 University Center for Sport, Exercise and Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Center for Sports Medicine, University Medical Center ...

Correspondence to Dr Roger Hawkes, European Tour Performance Institute, European Tour, Wentworth Drive Virginia Water, Surrey GU25 4LX, UK; RAH{at}wkes.eu The extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) muscle plays ...

1 Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Correspondence to: Dr Walden Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden; ...

Background and objective Despite the known health benefits of physical activity (PA), pregnancy is a time of marked decline in PA levels. To provide women with reliable and trustworthy information, ...

Background The IOC encourages international federations to establish systematic athlete injury and illness surveillance programmes. Objective To describe pattern of injuries and illnesses during the ...

1 FIFA Medical Excellence Centre, Santy Orthopedicae clinical, sport science and research department, Lyon, France Background In modern professional soccer, the ability to recover from official ...

Correspondence to Dr Laura J Forrest (née Whyte), School of Health and Life Sciences, University of West of Scotland, Lanarkshire G72 0LH, UK; laura.forrest{at}uws.ac.uk Objectives To explore athletes ...

Background In randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions that aim to prevent sports injuries, the intention-to-treat principle is a recommended analysis method and one emphasised in the ...