Low-intensity preconditioning boosts neurological outcomes
The team led by Prof. Lin Zhu from Guangzhou Sport University have demonstrated that 4-week low-intensity treadmill exercise before the…
How Do Athletes Train to Avoid Altitude Sickness?
Some athletes go to the gym. Some run long distances across vast terrains. Some even build their fitness…
Protecting Football Players’ Brains: Breakthrough Study
Toronto, Ontario, Jan. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toronto, Ontario, January 23, 2026 A new study in the…
Protein supplements explained: Safety, daily need and when they help
Most people may get enough protein from food, but protein supplements, such as shakes, can help curb post-workout…
How strength training keeps a 71-year-old in top shape and what he teaches other seniors
After wrapping up a successful, decades-long career in the car industry two years ago, Christer Ekberg could have…
Gender-specific supportive environment key to cutting female athletes’ injury risks
Creating a safe, gender-specific, supportive environment-one that is free of body shaming and idealised female forms, for example-is…
Traumatic fracture of Kager’s fat pad: a case report | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Kager’s fat pad is a metabolically active adipose structure within Kager’s triangle anterior to the Achilles tendon,…
Clinical, pathological and genetic characteristics of GNE myopathy: a single-center observational study | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
GNE myopathy was first described by Nonaka as a hereditary disorder. It is commonly manifested by distal muscle…
Long-term effect of physical inactivity on osteosarcopenic obesity – a MRI-based investigation from a population-based cohort | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Study design and population sample Participants were derived from the “Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg”…
Fatigue-induced biomechanical decoupling at L4-S1 discs: mechanism of disc degeneration in chronic low back pain | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Cieza A, Causey K, Kamenov K, Hanson SW, Chatterji S, et al. Global estimates of the need for…
4,000 steps linked to lower mortality in older women
A large study shows that even brief, irregular walking patterns, such as a few active days a week,…
Can isokinetic muscle strength training with hip abduction and adduction improve muscle strength, balance, and gait in patients with functional ankle instability? A randomized controlled trial | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Doherty C, Delahunt E, Caulfield B, Hertel J, Ryan J, Bleakley C. The incidence and prevalence of ankle…