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ESPN commentators avoided speculation and struck a compassionate tone.
Aches, pain and injuries are often reasons people put off exercise.
More Nigerians should be encouraged to have health insurance to reduce the burden of treating facial injuries.
We need a uniform regulatory framework balancing the risks and benefits of e-scooters, and clarifying avenues for compensation.
Girls’ rugby is a sport with higher than expected concussion rates. As the sport grows in popularity, preventing concussions is more effective than treating them.
Circus is exciting, though sometimes unpredictable. At any moment during rehearsal, performance or travel, injuries can occur.
Running injuries don’t have to be inevitable.
A biomedical engineer explains how human-made materials inserted in the body hold hope to repair painful injuries more efficiently than bone grafts.
Top tip: take it slow when you get back to training.
Once his leg fracture heals, his leg can potentially be just as straight and strong as it was before. But his foot and ankle are more of a worry.
The guidelines are informed by a review of the best available evidence. The less you drink, the lower the risk of harm to your health.
Comparing presentations to Victorian hospital emergency departments in May 2020 to those in May 2019 reveals some important differences.
Running, jumping, tackling, not to mention handling the ball, means Aussie Rules players risk injuries to their hands and wrists serious enough to send them to the emergency department.
Twenty years after a landmark report on preventable deaths and injuries in hospitals, is the medical profession doing better?
Firearms are the second leading cause of death among US children and adolescents.
Elite football teams that do not have a winter break lose on average 303 more player-days per season to injuries than those teams that do.
If you’ve been injury-free in your current sports shoe, and you’re performing at a level you are happy with, you may already have the right shoes on your feet.
An economist explores data on injuries, which states ban fireworks and other interesting stats on what President John Adams referred to as ‘illuminations.’
Recent injuries are symptoms of a belief that athletes should stop at nothing to achieve success.
Top contributors
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Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist & Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Professor, School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Clinical Communication, The Ohio State University
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Professor, Victoria University
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Associate professor, George Institute for Global Health
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Co-Director, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Scholarship Unit, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Engineering & Deputy Head of School (Research), Griffith University
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Professor and Director, Center for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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James Holstein is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sociology, Marquette University
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, Monash University
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Vice President Research University of Michigan, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Behavior Health Education. Principle Investigator of the Firearm Saftey Among Children and Teens Consortium, University of Michigan
