Seasonal changes in body composition in Australian Rules footballers.

Groin pain associated with ultrasound finding of inguinal canal posterior wall deficiency in Australian Rules footballers.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of inguinal canal posterior wall deficiency (sports hernia) in professional Australian Rules footballers using an ultrasound technique and correlate the results with the clinical symptom of groin pain. METHODS Thirty five professional Australian footballers with and without groin pain were investigated blind with a dynamic high resolution ultrasound te...

Retraction: The effect of a sports chiropractic manual therapy intervention on the prevention of back pain, hamstring and lower limb injuries in semi-elite Australian Rules footballers: A randomized controlled trial

The journal has been informed by the authors' institution that, contrary to the statement in this article [1], the Macquarie University Human Ethics Committee did not receive an application for ethics approval for this study. As the study was conducted without institutional ethics committee oversight, this article has been retracted. Reference 1. The effect of a sports chiropractic manual thera...

Physical and fitness characteristics of successful Gaelic footballers.

Anthropometric and fitness observations were made on 32 members of a top level Gaelic football squad that reached the All Ireland final in the year in which these measurements were taken. The subjects were found to be large and well muscled with a mean somatotype of 2.6:5.6:3.1 (endomorphy:mesomorphy:ectomorphy). Body fat content of the whole squad averaged 15.0% but the most successful group o...

Short communication: Seasonal Changes in Biochemical Composition and Meat Yield of Shabut (Barbus grypus, Heckel 1843)

Anthropometric, Motor Ability and Physiological Profiles of Indian National Club Footballers: a Comparative Study

Football is probably the most popular game worldwide but there is still limited scientific information available concerning the physique and performance qualities of elite Indian footballers. Team games are sports where size, shape, body composition and fitness all play an important part in providing distinct advantages for specific playing positions. Hence an attempt has been made to study the...