Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Lower tackle height is changing face of women's rugby, study says

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a novel study suggests. The paper is published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

Attention deficit disorders

ADHD linked to longer concussion recovery in high school athletes

High school athletes diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) take significantly longer to recover from concussions than their peers, according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Inflammatory disorders

How exercise helps prevent acute muscle pain from becoming chronic

A study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil investigated the process of muscle pain chronification—that is, when it goes from acute to chronic—and identified one of the mechanisms by which ...

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