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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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Are incremental exercise relationships between rating of perceived exertion and oxygen uptake or heart rate reserve valid during steady-state exercises?

Carlo Ferri Marini, Lorenzo Micheli, Tommaso Grossi, Ario Federici, Giovanni Piccoli, Luca Zoffoli, Luca Correale, Stefano Dell’Anna, Carlo Alberto Naldini, Francesco Lucertini, Matteo Vandoni

Exploring exercise-driven exerkines: unraveling the regulation of metabolism and inflammation

Nihong Zhou, Lijing Gong, Enming Zhang, Xintang Wang

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A physical fitness–evaluation system for outstanding Chinese male boxers

Guodong Wu, Yuqiang Guo, Liqin Zhang, Chao Chen

A comparison of the effects of two protocols of concurrent resistance and aerobic training on physical fitness in middle school students

Zhen Li, Teng Ding, Yanan Gao, Xiaowei Han, Yang Liu, Zhixiong Zhou

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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

29,331 views · 2,047 downloads

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

Logan Wade, Laurie Needham, Polly McGuigan, James Bilzon

12,258 views · 2,101 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

9,289 views · 127 downloads

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

6,479 views · 920 downloads

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

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

5,692 views · 473 downloads

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Association between passing return-to-sport testing and re-injury risk in patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wenqi Zhou, Xihui Liu, Qiaomei Hong, Jingping Wang, Xiaobing Luo

Atherosclerosis, gut microbiome, and exercise in a meta-omics perspective: a literature review

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

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80 citations · 12,258 views · 2,101 downloads

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

15 citations · 29,331 views · 2,047 downloads

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