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The direct application of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) using low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and light emitting diodes (LEDs) combined with a static magnetic field (sMF) (PBMT-sMF) to target tissues is sho...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:49
According to research, fast skating on short distances increases functional asymmetry of leg muscles. As has been proven in many sporting disciplines, this asymmetry can increase the risk of injury. The aim of...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:48
International guidelines for physical activity recommend at least 150 min per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for adults, including those with cardiac disease. There is yet to be consensu...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:47
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Observational studies suggested that OSA treatment might reduce CVD and T2D but RCTs failed to suppor...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:46
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia and excessive generation of reactive oxygen species caused by autoimmune destruction of beta-cells in the pancreas. Among the ...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:45
Emerging research shows a high prevalence of fatigue and sleep problems among university students. The present study evaluates the effects of regular aerobic exercise on sleep quality and fatigue level among f...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:44
The newly compiled Bafa Wubu of Tai Chi (Eight Methods and Five Footworks) is a fitness routine that has been developed in accordance with the appeal of the General Administration of Sport of China and promote...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:43
Symmetry during lifting is considered critical for allowing balanced power production and avoidance of injury. This investigation assessed the influence of elevating the heels on bilateral lower limb symmetry ...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:42
This study was a part of 16-week sitting light volleyball (SLVB) intervention program which examined the effects of the intervention on the physical and psychological attributes of adults with physical impairm...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:41
Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem among young basketball players in addition to lower extremity injuries. However, studies that focus on LBP with lower extremity pain are limited. From the perspective of...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:40
In the conduct of their daily duties, law enforcement officers (LEO) are often required to perform dynamic, physically demanding tasks with little or no notice, sometimes at maximal levels of exertion. Given t...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:39
Despite its high risk of injury, many people are still favor trampolining. However, currently there is no consensus as to which type of trampoline and which type of participant is more likely to have a trampol...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:37
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Notwithstanding the well-known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), adherence to CR remains low, particularly in women. High-intensity interv...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:38
Compared to injury surveillance in Olympic athletes relatively little literature exists for Paralympic athletes. Injury surveillance data underpin design and evaluation of injury prevention strategies in elite...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:36
Little is known about the effect of exercise in young heart transplant recipients, and results on group level is lacking. This study summarizes the findings of the youngest participants in two previous randomi...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:35
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:34
Since World Rugby changed the laws regarding scrums in the 2013–2014 season, the sustained push phase of the scrum has increased in tactical importance. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic literature rev...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:33
Decreased oxygenation of muscle may be accentuated during exercise at high altitude. Monitoring the oxygen saturation of muscle (SmO2) during hand grip exercise using near infrared spectroscopy during acute expos...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:16
There is growing interest in assessing psychological well-being in patients after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. It is unknown whether an assessment of psychological outcome in addition to te...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:32
The Single leg squat (SLS) is a movement screening test widely used in clinical settings. The SLS is highly subjective in its nature. Objective measures, such as 3D-motion analyses, are seldom used in daily cl...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:31
Few studies have measured device-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour following a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), with no studies comparing these behaviours between countries using the sam...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:17
We investigated the feasibility of a 16-week supervised heavy resistance training program with weekly undulating periodization for individuals with persistent non-specific low-back pain (LBP).
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:30
Dynamic knee extensor muscle strength is a valid measure among healthy older adults but has not been tested in the sarcopenia condition. This study’s objective was to test the validity of a one-repetition subm...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:29
Exercise is recommended for the treatment and management of low back pain (LBP) and the prevention of chronicity. Exercise adherence has been only modest in intervention studies among people with musculoskelet...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:28
Knee Instability (KI) is described as a sense of knee buckling, shifting, or giving way during the weight bearing activities. High prevalence (60–80%) has been reported for KI amongst the patients with knee os...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:27
The effects of 7 weeks plyometric training on a stable surface and on sand were compared in junior male handball players.
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:26
Although numerous studies have reported the effect of inspiratory muscle training for improving exercise performance, the outcome of whether exercise performance is improved by inspiratory muscle training is c...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:25
Low back pain causes changes in muscle activation patterns. Knowing how different exercises may improve altered muscle activation is useful in the treatment of patients. The aim of the study was to investigate...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:24
Exercise training provides benefits for individuals with cystic fibrosis; however, the optimal program is unclear. High-intensity interval training is safe and effective for improving ‘functional capacity’ in ...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:9
Photobiomodulation (PBMT) is a therapy that uses non-ionising forms of light, including low-level lasers and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that may be capable of modulating cellular activity. Some biological pr...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:23
Musculoskeletal disorders are highly prevalent among office workers, with strong evidence suggesting that workplace-based resistance training programs can prevent several upper extremity musculoskeletal disord...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:8
Exercise training is important in the management of adults with chronic pulmonary conditions. However, achieving high intensity exercise may be challenging for this clinical population. There has been clinical...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:22
Recent shoulder injury prevention programs have utilized resistance exercises combined with different forms of instability, with the goal of eliciting functional adaptations and thereby reducing the risk of in...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:21
While a number of studies have investigated knee symptoms among elite athletes, few have directly compared the association between engagement in different sports and knee symptoms among young adults in the gen...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:20
Hemodialysis is one of the common therapies in patients with end-stage renal disease. Even patients who receive regular treatment suffer from fatigue, which is one of the main factors leading to poor quality o...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:19
Low physical performance is a predictor of morbidity and mortality. This study looks at long-term effects of an exercise intervention on maximal step-up height (MSH) in individuals with low physical function. ...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:11
Hematologic malignancies and their treatments are recognized for their significant long-term adverse effects on health-related quality of life. As a part of cancer treatment, physical exercise is known to impr...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:18
In youth, sex-related differences in balance performances have been reported with girls usually outperforming same-aged boys. However, it is not known whether sex also has an influence on learning of a new bal...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:15
Postoperative oedema is a common condition affecting wound healing and function. Traditionally, manual lymphatic drainage is employed to reduce swelling. Kinesiotaping might be an alternative resource-sparing ...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:14
Well defined constitutional parameters support the physical fatigue resistance in handball to maintain the performance level for the majority of actions. Ideal constitutional conditions are necessary to achiev...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:4
Rugby is increasingly gaining popularity among school-aged male junior players in countries hardly known for dominating international rugby, such as Zimbabwe. Given rugby combativeness, participating adolescen...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:3
Multicomponent interventions combined with health coaching are widely recommended to improve a healthy lifestyle. The aim of the present study was to analyse the usage and acceptance of a multicomponent interv...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:2
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in the following sentence on page 8: “In general, knee varus (negative ΔD*) is a much more common deficit than valgus, and a mor...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:7
Our pilot study has demonstrated improvements in health outcomes through participation in a new sport, light volleyball (LVB), among older adults. In response to the promising results of the LVB pilot study an...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:6
Recent evidence has shown that many patients suffer from persistent pain and impaired function after primary or revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Post-surgical complications may in addition decrease phys...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:5
Given the multi-modal nature of triathlon (swimming, cycling, running), training for a triathlon event has numerous potential health benefits including physical fitness. However, triathletes also have a high p...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:1
There is a high prevalence of women in South Africa with overweight and obesity which is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic disorders. Perceived barriers such as lack of time and motivation r...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019 11:39
Low level laser therapy (LLLT) is among novel methods for preventing and treating muscle damage and soreness induced by volitional exercise, but little is known about using LLLT before neuromuscular electrical...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019 11:38
It is not clear how physical activity affects body composition in adolescents. Physical activity levels are often reduced during this period, and the relative proportion of body fat mass and lean mass undergo ...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019 11:37
Although sports participation leads to important health enhancement for youth with chronic diseases or physical disabilities (CDPD), it may pose an increased risk for injury or illness. This study investigated...
Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019 11:36
Citation Impact
1.979 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.289 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.767 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
248,344 downloads
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