Research Paper Title Prevalence of Muscle-Strengthening Activities in Women: The WIN Study. Background Aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities are related to morbidities and mortality. Resistance exercise/strength training items are included in national surveys, but the manner in which muscle-strengthening activity is queried varies among these surveys. Purpose The purpose of this study was to use different… Read More
Fruit Consumption & Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Research Paper Title Fruit Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results from Three Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Studies. Study Question Are individual fruits, which vary in composition, differentially associated with risk of type 2 diabetes, and, if so, do the associations depend on the glycaemic index or glycaemic load of the individual fruits? Summary Answer… Read More
Predicting the Presence & Severity of a PTA in Asymptomatic Athletes
Research Paper Title A Lower Limb Assessment Tool for Athletes at risk of Developing Patellar Tendinopathy. Background Patellar tendon abnormality (PTA) on diagnostic imaging is part of the diagnostic criteria for patellar tendinopathy. PTA and altered landing strategies are primary risk factors that increase the likelihood of asymptomatic athletes developing patellar tendinopathy. Therefore, the aim… Read More
Do Bone Turnover Markers Predict Stress Fracture in Elite Combat Recruits?
Research Paper Title Bone Turnover Markers do not Predict Stress Fracture in Elite Combat Recruits. Background With bone resorption rates greater than formation, stress fracture pathogenesis plausibly involves bone remodeling imbalance. If this is the case, one would anticipate serum levels of bone turnover markers would be higher in patients with stress fractures than in… Read More
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Paratrooper Training: What Effects on Women?
Research Paper Title Pelvic Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence in Nulliparous College Women in Relation to Paratrooper Training. Background The objective of this study was to determine whether paratrooper training is associated with pelvic support defects or urinary incontinence. Methods Nulliparous women at The United States Military Academy were examined using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification… Read More
Stress Fractures & Royal Marine Recruits: What Threshold?
Research Paper Title Stress Fractures of the Hip in Royal Marine Recruits under Training: A Retrospective Analysis. Background At the Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines (CTCRM), a retrospective analysis of the occurrence of one form of stress fracture – that of the hip – has shown that this fracture is a significant cause of morbidity… Read More
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