AbstractObjectives: This paper aims to estimate the travel-related emissions of a typical professional men’s football season. We will outline the first attempt at quantifying carbon emissions amidst the climate crisis.
Methods: We used a group of travelin.....
AbstractBackground: The injury risk to female football participants is high with 48% to 70% of all players sustaining at least one injury during a season. The majority (69% to 85%) of these injuries are acute onset.
Objective: To review and calculate pooled.....
AbstractPurpose: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is associated with neurosensorial disorders that perturb orthostatic posture control. A spinal brace worn for up to 23 hours per day is the main treatment for AIS. The impact of brace-induced correction .....
AbstractBackground: Achilles tendinopathy is a common, painful condition which can be difficult to treat. There are multiple non-operative and operative treatment options, with variable efficacy. Injection of aethoxysclerol is a relatively new treatment whic.....
AbstractIntroduction: Health professionals generally encourage Physical Activities and Sport (PAS) as it helps for patients suffering from a chronic disease, such as Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). The experts recommend PAS for AIS patients. But, this.....
AbstractHuman behavior plays a key role in the maintenance of human health, and wellbeing. This review highlighted the influences of health promotion on changing individuals and community behaviors. Furthermore, it explored the importance of tackling both in.....
AbstractBackground: This study assessed the safety and feasibility of the L-C Ligament, a bioresorbable scaffold, for ACL reconstruction. This acellular scaffold is constructed of poly (Llactic) acid (PLLA) microfilaments that are three-dimensionally brai.....
AbstractSports is an important part of school life for high school students. Students benefit from school sports in several aspects, including improving their physical and mental health, building up leadership skills and teamwork, time management, developi.....
AbstractIntroduction: Rotator cuff injury is a common disease that may lead to persistent pain and functional impairment. Despite the improvement in the surgical technique, rotator cuff repairs are subject to a high rate of retears. A fibrovascular scar tis.....
AbstractFlywheel (FW), apparatus is a non-gravity-dependent exercise system that has been proposed to increase eccentric workload and skeletal muscle strength. The acute effect of FW exercise on cardiac, hemodynamic, autonomic, and neuromuscular responses re.....
AbstractBackground: This study has investigated 1600 adolescents, between the ages of 15 and17, from 32 Schools in Mainland Portugal and Islands, after the isolation period, resulting from COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: these adolescents were weighed and qu.....
AbstractAnatomical variations, such as a bifid median nerve, have been reported as potential contributing factors for the development of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). These anomalies are typically diagnosed intraoperatively. With the growing use of sonograph.....
AbstractThe authors report a very rare case of bilateral occipital condyle fractures (OCF) that was associated with complete separation fracture of the inferior clivus resulting in craniocervical dislocation alongside dissociation of C1-C2 joint complex. Als.....