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Sports medicine includes research into physical activity and fitness, as well as diagnosis, treatment of musculoskeletal illnesses

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The effect of mountaineering on the grit of college students: an empirical study

Lun Li, ZuWang Chu, FuLin Li, JiaoJiao Li, Kang Wang, Yun Zhou

Effectiveness of FIFA injury prevention programs in reducing ankle injuries among football players: a systematic review

Mohammad Alhazmi, Emad Alhazmi, Wael Abdulghani Alghamdi, Mohammed Zalah, Shadab Uddin, Moattar Raza Rizvi, Fuzail Ahmad

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Sex differences in absolute and relative changes in muscle size following resistance training in healthy adults: a systematic review with Bayesian meta-analysis

Martin C. Refalo, Greg Nuckols, Andrew J. Galpin, Iain J. Gallagher, D. Lee Hamilton, Jackson J. Fyfe

Comparative effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for the nutritional status of maintenance hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Xiaolan Ma, Chun Tang, Hong Tan, Jingmei Lei, Li Li

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Progressive overload without progressing load? The effects of load or repetition progression on muscular adaptations

Daniel Plotkin, Max Coleman, Derrick Van Every, Jaime Maldonado, Douglas Oberlin, Michael Israetel, Jared Feather, Andrew Alto, Andrew D. Vigotsky, Brad J. Schoenfeld

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Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics

Logan Wade, Laurie Needham, Polly McGuigan, James Bilzon

16,397 views · 2,658 downloads

Stiffness and thickness of the upper trapezius muscle increase after repeated climbing bouts in male climbers

Sebastian Klich, Adam Kawczyński, Klaudia Sommer, Natalia Danek, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Lori A. Michener, Pascal Madeleine

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Effects of subjective and objective autoregulation methods for intensity and volume on enhancing maximal strength during resistance-training interventions: a systematic review

Stian Larsen, Eirik Kristiansen, Roland van den Tillaar

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Healthcare applications of single camera markerless motion capture: a scoping review

Bradley Scott, Martin Seyres, Fraser Philp, Edward K. Chadwick, Dimitra Blana

6,867 views · 592 downloads

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The optimal training intervention for improving the change of direction performance of adolescent team-sport athletes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Yonghui Chen, Maiwulanjiang Tulhongjiang, Tianpeng Ling, Xinmiao Feng, Jing Mi, Ruidong Liu

Prevalence of chronic conditions in masters games athletes: predictors and comparison to the general population

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Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics

Logan Wade, Laurie Needham, Polly McGuigan, James Bilzon

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Relationship between accelerometer-measured sleep duration and Stroop performance: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study among young adults

Yanwei You, Jianxiu Liu, Xingtian Li, Peng Wang, Ruidong Liu, Xindong Ma

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