Healthcare workers (HCWs) actively involved in patient care at tertiary care hospitals face significant stress and workload, which may adversely impact their sympatho-vagal balance (SVB). Research has ...

Objectives This study aimed to estimate the combined effects of long-term fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure and ...

Background Bone stress injury (BSI) is a common overuse injury in female athletes that can occur in a variety of bones, including both proximal (pelvis, sacrum, femoral neck) or distal (tibia, fibula, ...

Contact in elite football can result in severe injury such as traumatic fracture. Limited information exists regarding the rehabilitation and return to sport (RTS) of these injuries especially in ...

Introduction As the number of female athletes competing rises globally, training methodologies should reflect sex differences across critical metrics of adaptation to training. Surrogate markers of ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative condition primarily affecting the knee joint. OA is defined as the gradual degradation of the cartilage in the joints, accompanied by changes in the bone ...

Objectives To examine whether genetic liability to physical activity is associated with temporal trends in physical activity and body mass index over the past four decades.Methods The Trøndelag Health ...

Background/aim Exercise imparts a load on tendon tissue that leads to changes in tendon properties. Studies suggest that loading immediately reduces tendon thickness, with a loss of this response in ...

Introduction In professional rugby, sports-related concussion (SRC) remains the most frequent time loss injury. Therefore, accurately diagnosing SRC and monitoring player recovery, through a ...

Background Increasingly, women of reproductive age participate in recreational running, but its impact on pregnancy outcome is unknown. We investigated whether running affects gestational age at ...

Background/ Objective Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and local positioning systems (LPS) are to date common tools to measure external training load in athletes. The aim of this scoping ...

Objectives There is a lack of public awareness of the importance of engaging in physical activity (PA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Nearly 58% of the UAE adult population self-reports as being ...