Airway epithelial cells act as a physical barrier against environmental toxins and injury, and modulate inflammation and the immune response. As such, maintenance of their integrity is critical.

The objective is to provide guidance for pregnant women and obstetric care and exercise professionals on prenatal physical activity. The outcomes evaluated were maternal, fetal or neonatal morbidity, ...

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences and Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; carl.askling{at}gih.se Occurrence Hamstring strain is the ...

1 Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, E-23071 Jaén, Spain 2 Basic Cardiovascular Research Section, Department of Morphological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Granada, ...

Correspondence to Dr John W Orchard, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; john.orchard{at}sydney.edu.au ...

Correspondence to Martin Schnitzer, Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Fürstenweg 185, Innsbruck 6020, Austria; martin.schnitzer{at}uibk.ac.at ...

Background Groin injuries represent a considerable problem in male football. Previous groin-specific prevention programmes have not shown a significant reduction in groin injury rates. An exercise ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin F Mentiplay, La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; b.mentiplay{at}latrobe.edu.au Objective To ...

3 School of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dale Forsdyke, Applied Human Sciences Department, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, ...

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Although the overall injury rate in volleyball and beach volleyball is relatively low compared with other team sports, injuries do occur in a discipline specific pattern. Epidemiological research has ...

Background—Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. Methods—In 326 junior symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes' tendons, palpation was performed by a single examiner before ...