Wide variations in the definitions and methodologies used for studies of injuries in rugby union have created inconsistencies in reported data and made interstudy comparisons of results difficult. The ...

From 4 to 7 April 2016, 24 researchers from 8 countries and from a variety of academic disciplines gathered in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity in ...

Background Cost–benefit analyses have been proposed for determining acceptable risk of injury regarding training and competition participation. Currently, there is no best evidence synthesis of the ...

Correspondence to: M Hägglund Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-58183 Linköping, Sweden; martin.hagglund{at}ihs.liu.se Background: Previous injury is often proposed to be a ...

Objectives The Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project is the largest and longest running rugby union injury surveillance project globally and focuses on the highest level of rugby in England.

Objective: To compare injury risk in elite football played on artificial turf compared with natural grass. Design: Prospective two-cohort study. Setting: Male European elite football leagues.

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Department of Sports Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK Correspondence to: Dr Galloway Department of Sports Studies, University of ...

2 University of Cape Town, Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Newlands, South Africa Correspondence to: Professor St Clair Gibson University of Cape Town, Research Unit for ...

Correspondence to Traci Lyn Carson, Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; tlcars{at}umich.edu Objective The purpose of this study was to identify ...

Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK Correspondence to: Professor Reilly, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, ...

1 Visiting Professor at University College Chester, UK, University College Dublin, Ireland, and the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway 2 Centre for the Sociology of ...