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Efficacy and safety of comfrey root extract ointment in the treatment of acute upper or lower back pain: results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre ...

Objective The objective was to show the superiority of comfrey root extract ointment to placebo ointment in patients with acute upper or lower back pain. Design The study was conducted as a ...
British Journal of Sports Medicine

Non-operative treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries: two-thirds avoid surgery at 2-year follow-up in a nationwide cohort

Objective To describe the nationwide population of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injured patients initially managed ...
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Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...
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Scale of protection and the various types of sports mouthguard

Objectives: To present a grading system of the protection offered by various types of mouthguard, together with an indication of associated risks, in order to make athletes aware of the consequences ...
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Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle ...

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Injury history as a risk factor for incident injury in youth soccer

1 Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Objectives: To determine if athletes with a ...
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Knee kinematics and joint moments during gait following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Melbourne School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3 School ...
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Exercising with reserve: evidence that the central nervous system regulates prolonged exercise performance

UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa Objective: The ...
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Adverse events of exercise therapy in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To evaluate the relative risk (RR) of serious and non-serious adverse events in patients treated with exercise therapy compared with those in a non-exercising control group. Design ...
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Evidence for the effectiveness of electrophysical modalities for treatment of medial and lateral epicondylitis: a systematic review

1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Erasmus Medical Center—University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical ...
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Does effectiveness of exercise therapy and mobilisation techniques offer guidance for the treatment of lateral and medial epicondylitis? A systematic review

1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Erasmus MC—University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC—University Medical ...
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Impact of school sports injury

2 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BJ, N Ireland Correspondence to: Dr Abernethy, A&E Department, The Ulster Hospital Dundonald, Belfast BT16 1 ...