Background Coaches, sport scientists, clinicians and medical personnel face a constant
challenge to prescribe sufficient training load to produce training adaption while minimising …

Background Ankle sprain is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, yet a
contemporary review and meta-analysis of prospective epidemiological studies investigating …

Deciding when to return to sport after injury is complex and multifactorial—an exercise in risk
management. Return to sport decisions are made every day by clinicians, athletes and …

Strength training is a valuable component of hamstring strain injury prevention programmes;
however, in recent years a significant body of work has emerged to suggest that the acute …

Background Synovial chondromatosis occurs rarely in the shoulder, and its details remain
unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the clinical results of surgical resection and …

Traumatic muscle injury represents a collection of skeletal muscle pathologies caused by
trauma to the muscle tissue and is defined as damage to the muscle tissue that can result in …

Background The architectural and morphological adaptations of the hamstrings in response
to training with different exercises have not been explored. Purpose To evaluate changes in …

Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) are common in a number of sports and incidence rates have
not declined in recent times. Additionally, the high rate of recurrent injuries suggests that our …

The commonly used muscle injury grading systems based on three grades of injury,
representing minor, moderate and complete injuries to the muscle, are lacking in diagnostic …

“Helping clinicians help patients” has been the clear focus of Clinical Sports Medicine from
its inception. This fourth edition (CSM4) builds unashamedly on its 20-year history. Twenty …