The Scandinavian winter months are a challenging period. Long, dark nights and days with hardly any sunshine allow melancholy ...

Objectives To examine associations between The Daily Mile, a school-based active mile intervention, and pupils’ physical ...

One in three reports pain in a given week: a one-season prospective study on prevalence of pain and analgesic use in amateur female and male football players (3 January, 2026) ...

Introduction Basketball is a contact sport with complex movements that include jumps, turns and changes in direction, which cause frequent musculoskeletal injuries in all regions of the body.

Background Scientific studies on the prevalence of mental health problems in elite athletes are rare, and most have had considerable methodological limitations, such as low response rate and ...

Objectives To date, consistent evidence for consequences of heading in football (soccer) on the structure and function of the brain is lacking, but first studies indicate a potential effect of ...

Objective This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the role of low energy availability (LEA) in the interplay between depression and disordered eating/eating disorders (DE/EDs) among female ...

Objectives Accurate assessment of injury severity is crucial for effective injury risk management in elite sports. To standardise the documentation of injury severity, the International Hockey ...

Introduction Hamstring muscle injuries (HMI) continue to plague professional football. Several scientific publications have encouraged a multifactorial approach; however, no multifactorial HMI risk ...

Hamstring strains are the most common injury in elite football and typically occur during high-speed running. Despite its important contribution to power production in the late swing phase, injury to ...

Objectives Lower limb isometric tests are used to assess strength and strength asymmetries and monitor reductions in muscle force that may contribute to loss of performance and increase injury risk.

Background Three hours per week of vigorous physical activity is found to be associated with reduced odds of sleep-disordered breathing. Aim To investigate whether 12 weeks of high-intensity interval ...