Objective To examine the associations between the number of days per week achieving various daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in older women.

Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in sport, and what risk factors were associated with LBP in athletes. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources ...

Dr R Ogai, Laboratory for Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, Chukyo University Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, 101 Tokodachi, Kaizu-cho, Toyota, 470-0393 Aichi, Japan; rogyai{at}yahoo ...

Background The ‘jumper's knee paradox’, where symptomatic athletes appear to perform better in a counter movement jump (CMJ) compared to asymptomatic controls in previous case–control studies is not ...

Correspondence to Professor Roald Bahr, Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, PB 4014 Ullevål Stadion, Oslo 0806, Norway; roald.bahr{at ...