Objective Cardiac troponins (cTns) are frequently measured in patients when suspecting coronary artery disease (CAD). However ...

Aromatase inhibitors are the standard adjuvant hormone therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer.

Objective To examine gambling behaviours and problem gambling among Swedish male junior elite football players, including ...

Objectives Chondral defects of the knee can impair function, reduce quality of life and accelerate progression to osteoarthritis. Treatment aims to delay further cartilage damage and reduce the risk ...

Objectives To examine the propensity of tackle height and the number of tacklers that result in head acceleration events (HAEs) in elite-level male and female rugby tackles. Methods Instrumented ...

Objectives Contact breast injury (CBI) and exercise-induced breast pain (EIBP) are common in adult female contact sports; however, incidence in adolescent players is unknown. The present study ...

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, ...

Objective To explore (1) the risk of injury according to the number of previous injuries, and (2) the risk of progression of the athletes’ health status according to the impact on athletics ...

Objectives The tackle carries the highest risk of concussion in women’s rugby union. To reduce concussion risk, a lowered maximum tackle height (LTH) law, lowering the maximum legal tackle height from ...

Objectives To explore the acute effects of high-intensity interval training on fetal heart rate (FHR) and uteroplacental blood flow. Method Elite (n=10) and recreational athletes (n=50) participated ...

Background/objectives The tackle has the highest risk and causes the most concussions in rugby union. As such, law variation prevention strategies aiming to reduce head contact have been introduced.