British Journal of Sports Medicine

Article	Citations
World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	4086
Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients	441
The Stanford Hall consensus statement for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation	429
Physical inactivity and non-communicable disease burden in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries	241
Sleep and the athlete: narrative review and 2021 expert consensus recommendations	198
Systematic video analysis of ACL injuries in professional male football (soccer): injury mechanisms, situational patterns and biomechanics study on 134 consecutive cases	180
Do smartphone applications and activity trackers increase physical activity in adults? Systematic review, meta-analysis and metaregression	164
Joint associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis in more than 44 000 middle-aged and older individuals	163
Cardiorespiratory considerations for return-to-play in elite athletes after COVID-19 infection: a practical guide for sport and exercise medicine physicians	159
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) and Sport Mental Health Recognition Tool 1 (SMHRT-1): towards better support of athletes’ mental health	150
Implementing the 27 PRISMA 2020 Statement items for systematic reviews in the sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports science fields: the PERSiST (implementing Prisma in	143
Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport–Amsterdam, October 2022	142
Is the COVID-19 lockdown nudging people to be more active: a big data analysis	140
Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systematic reviews	113
UEFA expert group statement on nutrition in elite football. Current evidence to inform practical recommendations and guide future research	110
Physical activity and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, severe COVID-19 illness and COVID-19 related mortality in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study	109
Resurgence of sport in the wake of COVID-19: cardiac considerations in competitive athletes	104
Sleep and physical activity in relation to all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality risk	101
Infographic. Graduated return to play guidance following COVID-19 infection	93
Which treatment is most effective for patients with Achilles tendinopathy? A living systematic review with network meta-analysis of 29 randomised controlled trials	92
Injury rates decreased in men’s professional football: an 18-year prospective cohort study of almost 12 000 injuries sustained during 1.8 million hours of play	89
Anterior cruciate ligament injury: towards a gendered environmental approach	87
Physical activity as a protective factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review, meta-analysis and quality assessment of cohort and case–control studies	87
Successful return to professional men’s football (soccer) competition after the COVID-19 shutdown: a cohort study in the German Bundesliga	85
A CHecklist for statistical Assessment of Medical Papers (the CHAMP statement): explanation and elaboration	79

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) position statement on disordered eating in high performance sport	79
When can professional sport recommence safely during the COVID-19 pandemic? Risk assessment and factors to consider	78
Mental health management of elite athletes during COVID-19: a narrative review and recommendations	75
Levels of domain-specific physical activity at work, in the household, for travel and for leisure among 327 789 adults from 104 countries	73
Aetiology and incidence of sudden cardiac arrest and death in young competitive athletes in the USA: a 4-year prospective study	71
Muscle-strengthening activities are associated with lower risk and mortality in major non-communicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	71
Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression	70
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for a degenerative meniscus tear: a 5 year follow-up of the placebo-surgery controlled FIDELITY (Finnish Degenerative Meniscus Lesion Study) trial	70
How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the implications for sport participation	70
How does occupational physical activity influence health? An umbrella review of 23 health outcomes across 158 observational studies	70
Customary physical activity and odds of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 111 prospective cohort studies	69
Resuming professional football (soccer) during the COVID-19 pandemic in a country with high infection rates: a prospective cohort study	68
Physical activity and health in Chinese children and adolescents: expert consensus statement (2020)	68
Effects of wearing a cloth face mask on performance, physiological and perceptual responses during a graded treadmill running exercise test	67
Joint association between accelerometry-measured daily combination of time spent in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep and all-cause mortality: a pooled analysis of six prospective cohor	64
Effects of yoga on depressive symptoms in people with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis	63
How can global physical activity surveillance adapt to evolving physical activity guidelines? Needs, challenges and future directions	62
GRANADA consensus on analytical approaches to assess associations with accelerometer-determined physical behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) in epidemiological studies	61
Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22	59
Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes	59
Intra-articular saline injection is as effective as corticosteroids, platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid for hip osteoarthritis pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised c	57
Effectiveness of treatments for acute and subacute mechanical non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis	57
Effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercise therapy in patients with patellar tendinopathy: a randomised clinical trial	56
Clinical patterns, recovery time and prolonged impact of COVID-19 illness in international athletes: the UK experience	55
Is extensive cardiopulmonary screening useful in athletes with previous asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection?	54
Knee extensor muscle weakness is a risk factor for the development of knee osteoarthritis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis including 46 819 men and women	53
Prevalence and frequency of menstrual cycle symptoms are associated with availability to train and compete: a study of 6812 exercising women recruited using the Strava exercise app	52
Effectiveness of exercises by telerehabilitation on pain, physical function and quality of life in people with physical disabilities: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials with GRADE rec	51
Trends in match injury risk in professional male rugby union: a 16-season review of 10 851 match injuries in the English Premiership (2002–2019): the Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project	51
Treatment after ACL injury: Panther Symposium ACL Treatment Consensus Group	51
Single leg hop for distance symmetry masks lower limb biomechanics: time to discuss hop distance as decision criterion for return to sport after ACL reconstruction?	50
Differences in sport-related concussion for female and male athletes in comparable collegiate sports: a study from the NCAA-DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium	49
Comparative effectiveness of physical exercise interventions for chronic non-specific neck pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of 40 randomised controlled trials	49
Effects of physical education interventions on cognition and academic performance outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Youth running consensus statement: minimising risk of injury and illness in youth runners	48
Prevalence and clinical implications of persistent or exertional cardiopulmonary symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection in 3597 collegiate athletes: a study from the Outcomes Registry for Cardiac Con	47
Physical activity and risk of infection, severity and mortality of COVID-19: a systematic review and non-linear dose–response meta-analysis of data from 1 853 610 adults	46
High rate of second ACL injury following ACL reconstruction in male professional footballers: an updated longitudinal analysis from 118 players in the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study	46
2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)	46
Cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and cancer: dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies	46
Unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes: the Study of Concussion in Rugby Union through MicroRNAs (SCRUM)	45
Mental health after paediatric concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	45
SARS-CoV-2 transmission during rugby league matches: do players become infected after participating with SARS-CoV-2 positive players?	45
Return to sport for North American professional sport leagues in the context of COVID-19	45
Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable heart rate devices: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE Network	44
Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable and smartphone step count: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE network	43
Why can’t I exercise during pregnancy? Time to revisit medical ‘absolute’ and ‘relative’ contraindications: systematic review of evidence of harm and a call to action	43
Strong, steady and straight: UK consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis	42
Return to play after COVID-19: a sport cardiologist’s view	42
Dutch multidisciplinary guideline on Achilles tendinopathy	42

Risk factors for knee osteoarthritis after traumatic knee injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies for the OPTIKNEE Consensus	41
Reallocation of time between device-measured movement behaviours and risk of incident cardiovascular disease	41
Patient-centred care: the cornerstone for high-value musculoskeletal pain management	40
Effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance in transwomen and transmen: implications for sporting organisations and legislators	39
Injury incidence and burden in a youth elite football academy: a four-season prospective study of 551 players aged from under 9 to under 19 years	38
Small steps, strong shield: directly measured, moderate physical activity in 65 361 adults is associated with significant protective effects from severe COVID-19 outcomes	37
Hydration and cooling in elite athletes: relationship with performance, body mass loss and body temperatures during the Doha 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships	37
CHecklist for statistical Assessment of Medical Papers: the CHAMP statement	37
Management of plantar heel pain: a best practice guide informed by a systematic review, expert clinical reasoning and patient values	36
Risk of atrial fibrillation in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions	36
Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang	36
Under-representation of female athletes in research informing influential concussion consensus and position statements: an evidence review and synthesis	35
If exercise is medicine, why don’t we know the dose? An overview of systematic reviews assessing reporting quality of exercise interventions in health and disease	35
School-based interventions modestly increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness but are least effective for youth who need them most: an individual participant pooled analysis of 20 contr	35
Non-occupational physical activity and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality outcomes: a dose–response meta-analysis of large prospective studies	35
Pre-flight exercise and bone metabolism predict unloading-induced bone loss due to spaceflight	35
Time-efficient intervention to improve older adolescents’ cardiorespiratory fitness: findings from the ‘Burn 2 Learn’ cluster randomised controlled trial	34
Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group	34
Lower step rate is associated with a higher risk of bone stress injury: a prospective study of collegiate cross country runners	34
Autologous stem cell therapy in knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials	34
Para sport translation of the IOC consensus on recording and reporting of data for injury and illness in sport	34
Return to sport decisions after an acute lateral ankle sprain injury: introducing the PAASS framework—an international multidisciplinary consensus	33
OPTIKNEE 2022: consensus recommendations to optimise knee health after traumatic knee injury to prevent osteoarthritis	33
Estimating the global economic benefits of physically active populations over 30 years (2020–2050)	33
Defining a research agenda for youth sport specialisation in the USA: the AMSSM Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit	33
Does load management using the acute:chronic workload ratio prevent health problems? A cluster randomised trial of 482 elite youth footballers of both sexes	32
Hamstring injury patterns in professional male football (soccer): a systematic video analysis of 52 cases	32
Improving function in people with hip-related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of physiotherapist-led interventions for hip-related pain	32
Prevalence of impaired physiological function consistent with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S): an Australian elite and pre-elite cohort	32
Injury patterns differ with age in male youth football: a four-season prospective study of 1111 time-loss injuries in an elite national academy	32
Clinical recovery from concussion–return to school and sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Symptom cluster is associated with prolonged return-to-play in symptomatic athletes with acute respiratory illness (including COVID-19): a cross-sectional study—AWARE study I	31
Exercise interventions in lateral elbow tendinopathy have better outcomes than passive interventions, but the effects are small: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 2123 subjects in 30 trials	31
Teeter-totter effect: a new mechanism to understand shoe-related improvements in long-distance running	31
Selected issues in sport-related concussion (SRC|mild traumatic brain injury) for the team physician: a consensus statement	30
What is the risk of recurrent concussion in children and adolescents aged 5–18 years? A systematic review and meta-analysis	30
Wrist-worn accelerometers: recommending ~1.0 mg as the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in daily average acceleration for inactive adults	30
Health wearable devices for weight and BMI reduction in individuals with overweight/obesity and chronic comorbidities: systematic review and network meta-analysis	30
Aspetar clinical practice guideline on rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	29
Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal injuries: a best-evidence synthesis of systematic reviews for the OPTIKNEE consensus	29
Low cardiorespiratory and mitochondrial fitness as risk factors in viral infections: implications for COVID-19	29
Exercise prehabilitation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy may enhance tumour regression in oesophageal cancer: results from a prospective non-randomised trial	29
Clinical outcomes in adult athletes with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a 7-year follow-up study	29
Ready for impact? A validity and feasibility study of instrumented mouthguards (iMGs)	29
Injury incidence, severity and profile in Olympic combat sports: a comparative analysis of 7712 athlete exposures from three consecutive Olympic Games	29
Social distancing and COVID-19: an unprecedented active transport public health opportunity	28
Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: a 5-year follow-up of a randomised, placebo surgery controlled clinical trial	28
Physical activity self-reports: past or future?	28
Olympic competition climbing: the beginning of a new era—a narrative review	28
Prevention strategies to reduce future impact of low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
A 4-year study of hamstring injury outcomes in elite track and field using the British Athletics rehabilitation approach	27
Position statement of the Royal Spanish Football Federation for the resumption of football activities after the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020)	27
Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial	27
Acute and post-acute COVID-19 presentations in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
It is time for consensus on ‘consensus statements’	27
ACL reconstruction for all is not cost-effective after acute ACL rupture	27
Improving concussion education: consensus from the NCAA-Department of Defense Mind Matters Research & Education Grand Challenge	27
Association of physical activity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in 7666 adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM): more physical activity is better	27
Methods matter: instrumental variable analysis may be a complementary approach to intention-to-treat analysis and as treated analysis when analysing data from sports injury trials	26
Injury epidemiology in professional ballet: a five-season prospective study of 1596 medical attention injuries and 543 time-loss injuries	26
FIFA Sudden Death Registry (FIFA-SDR): a prospective, observational study of sudden death in worldwide football from 2014 to 2018	26
Call to increase statistical collaboration in sports science, sport and exercise medicine and sports physiotherapy	26
Can high-intensity interval training improve mental health outcomes in the general population and those with physical illnesses? A systematic review and meta-analysis	26
New sports, COVID-19 and the heat: sports injuries and illnesses in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics	25
Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study	25
Female and male US Olympic athletes live 5 years longer than their general population counterparts: a study of 8124 former US Olympians	25
Arthroscopic Bankart versus open Latarjet as a primary operative treatment for traumatic anteroinferior instability in young males: a randomised controlled trial with 2-year follow-up	25
Is early activity resumption after paediatric concussion safe and does it reduce symptom burden at 2 weeks post injury? The Pediatric Concussion Assessment of Rest and Exertion (PedCARE) multicentre r	25
Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) in athletes: a narrative review by a subgroup of the IOC Consensus on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’	25
Maximising the impact of global and national physical activity guidelines: the critical role of communication strategies	24
Prevalence and risk factors for back pain in sports: a systematic review with meta-analysis	24
Injury characteristics in male youth athletics: a five-season prospective study in a full-time sports academy	24
Asia-Pacific Consensus Statement on integrated 24-hour activity guidelines for children and adolescents	24
Adherence to aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 3.3 million participants across 32 countries	24
European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack ne	24
Multi-strategy intervention increases school implementation and maintenance of a mandatory physical activity policy: outcomes of a cluster randomised controlled trial	24
Prevalence of lower airway dysfunction in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by a subgroup of the IOC consensus group on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’	24
Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Does the Spraino low-friction shoe patch prevent lateral ankle sprain injury in indoor sports? A pilot randomised controlled trial with 510 participants with previous ankle injuries	23

Diagnostic evaluation and cardiopulmonary exercise test findings in young athletes with persistent symptoms following COVID-19	23
Physical activity, diet quality and all-cause cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: a prospective study of 346 627 UK Biobank participants	23
i-CONTENT tool for assessing therapeutic quality of exercise programs employed in randomised clinical trials	23
Remote assessment in sport and exercise medicine (SEM): a narrative review and teleSEM solutions for and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic	23
Competing against COVID-19: have we forgotten about student-athletes’ mental health?	23
Time for mental healthcare guidelines for recreational sports: a call to action	23
Do physical activity interventions combining self-monitoring with other components provide an additional benefit compared with self-monitoring alone? A systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Rest and exercise early after sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	22
High genetic contribution to anterior cruciate ligament rupture: Heritability ~69%	22
Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus	22
Let’s talk about sex (and gender) after ACL injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported activity and knee-related outcomes	22
Is cardiac involvement prevalent in highly trained athletes after SARS-CoV-2 infection? A cardiac magnetic resonance study using sex-matched and age-matched controls	22
Prehospital management of exertional heat stroke at sports competitions: International Olympic Committee Adverse Weather Impact Expert Working Group for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020	22
Sports medicine leaders working with government and public health to plan a ‘return-to-sport’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: the UK’s collaborative five-stage model for elite sport	22
Introducing the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 6 (SCAT6)	22
Does sex affect second ACL injury risk? A systematic review with meta-analysis	22
Infographic. Stay physically active during COVID-19 with exercise as medicine	22
Treating low back pain in athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis	22
International consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injuries and illnesses in golf	22
Social determinants of health are associated with physical therapy use: a systematic review	22
Exercise training and resting blood pressure: a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	21
Cardiopulmonary capacity and muscle strength in transgender women on long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy: a cross-sectional study	21
Football-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020	21
Efficacy of heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric exercise for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (HEALTHY): a randomised trial	21
Examining later-in-life health risks associated with sport-related concussion and repetitive head impacts: a systematic review of case-control and cohort studies	21
Comparative effectiveness of exercise, antidepressants and their combination in treating non-severe depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	21
Epidemiology of injuries in Olympic-style karate competitions: systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Making the case for ‘physical activity security’: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective	21
Illness and injury among Norwegian Para athletes over five consecutive Paralympic Summer and Winter Games cycles: prevailing high illness burden on the road from 2012 to 2020	21
Multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial factors contributing to return to running and running related stress urinary incontinence in postpartum women	21
Successful 10-second one-legged stance performance predicts survival in middle-aged and older individuals	21
Do exercise-based prevention programmes reduce non-contact musculoskeletal injuries in football (soccer)? A systematic review and meta-analysis with 13 355 athletes and more than 1 million exposure ho	21
Nine typical injury patterns in German professional male football (soccer): a systematic visual video analysis of 345 match injuries	20
IOC consensus statement on recommendations and regulations for sport events in the heat	20
Effects of exercise training on the cognitive function of older adults with different types of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Getting tough on concussion: how welfare-driven law change may improve player safety—a Rugby Union experience	20
Health-promoting behaviours and concussion history are associated with cognitive function, mood-related symptoms and emotional–behavioural dyscontrol in former NFL players: an NFL-LONG Study	20
Athlete mental health: future directions	20
Is Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) a superior screening tool for heat stress risk than Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) index? Eight years of data from the Gothenburg half marathon	20
Train at home, but not alone: a randomised controlled multicentre trial assessing the effects of live-streamed tele-exercise during COVID-19-related lockdowns	20
Disability, the communication of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and ableism: a call for inclusive messages	19
Association of physical activity with risk of hepatobiliary diseases in China: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million people	19
Statement on methods in sport injury research from the 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, Copenhagen, 2019	19
The relationships between rugby union, and health and well-being: a scoping review	19
When progressing training loads, what are the considerations for healthy and injured athletes?	19
Are web-based personally tailored physical activity videos more effective than personally tailored text-based interventions? Results from the three-arm randomised controlled TaylorActive trial	19
Consensus statements that fail to recognise dissent are flawed by design: a narrative review with 10 suggested improvements	19
Pushing for change: a qualitative study of the experiences of elite athletes during pregnancy	19
Methods matter: clinical prediction models will benefit sports medicine practice, but only if they are properly developed and validated	19
Sports injuries and illnesses at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 1783 athletes from 79 countries	19
Injury and illness epidemiology in professional Asian football: lower general incidence and burden but higher ACL and hamstring injury burden compared with Europe	19
Comparative effectiveness of treatments for patellofemoral pain: a living systematic review with network meta-analysis	19
The relationship between rowing-related low back pain and rowing biomechanics: a systematic review	19
Patients use fewer analgesics following supervised exercise therapy and patient education: an observational study of 16 499 patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis	19
Olympic Games in COVID-19 times: lessons learned with special focus on the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022	19
Methods, challenges and benefits of a health monitoring programme for Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic athletes: the road from London 2012 to Tokyo 2020	18
Body checking in non-elite adolescent ice hockey leagues: it is never too late for policy change aiming to protect the health of adolescents	18
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from on-field player contacts in amateur, youth and professional football (soccer)	18
Sport and exercise medicine/physiotherapy publishing has a gender/sex equity problem: we need action now!	18
Youth sports in the wake of COVID-19: a call for change	18
Primary surgery versus primary rehabilitation for treating anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a living systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	18
Effectiveness of exercise via telehealth for chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise interventions delivered via videoconferencing	18
Do physical interventions improve outcomes following concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis?	18
Injury prevention knowledge, beliefs and strategies in elite female footballers at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019	18
Position statement: IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations	18
Incidence and prevalence of hamstring injuries in field-based team sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 5952 injuries from over 7 million exposure hours	18
Return to play with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: are we moving too fast? A critical review	18
Workplace physical activity promotion: why so many failures and few successes? The need for new thinking	18
Correction: Serum androgen levels and their relation to performance in track and field: mass spectrometry results from 2127 observations in male and female elite athletes	18
Cost-effectiveness of full endoscopic versus open discectomy for sciatica	17
Long-term leisure-time physical activity and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: dose–response associations in a prospective cohort study of 210 327 Taiwanese adults	17
Are questionable research practices facilitating new discoveries in sport and exercise medicine? The proportion of supported hypotheses is implausibly high	17
Injuries and illnesses among competitive Norwegian rhythmic gymnasts during preseason: a prospective cohort study of prevalence, incidence and risk factors	17
Meaningful thresholds for patient-reported outcomes following interventions for anterior cruciate ligament tear or traumatic meniscus injury: a systematic review for the OPTIKNEE consensus	17
Its not all about sprinting: mechanisms of acute hamstring strain injuries in professional male rugby union—a systematic visual video analysis	17
There is no ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of thermal indices: the importance of considering ‘why?’ and ‘for whom?’ when modelling heat stress in sport	17
Epidemiology of injury and illness in 153 Australian international-level rowers over eight international seasons	17
Reframing return-to-sport postpartum: the 6 Rs framework	17
What tests and measures accurately diagnose persisting post-concussive symptoms in children, adolescents and adults following sport-related concussion? A systematic review	17
Tennis-specific extension of the International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020	17
SARS-CoV-2 infection and return to play in junior competitive athletes: is systematic cardiac screening needed?	17
‘Fat but powerful’ paradox: association of muscle power and adiposity markers with all-cause mortality in older adults from the EXERNET multicentre study	16
Is it too early to condemn early sport specialisation?	16
Evidence of ACL healing on MRI following ACL rupture treated with rehabilitation alone may be associated with better patient-reported outcomes: a second	16
Association between thermal responses, medical events, performance, heat acclimation and health status in male and female elite athletes during the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships	16
Infographic. Cooling strategies to attenuate PPE-induced heat strain during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
'You’re the best liar in the world’: a grounded theory study of rowing athletes’ experience of low back pain	15
Socioeconomic factors and outcomes from exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest in high school student-athletes in the USA	15
An intervention to optimise coach-created motivational climates and reduce athlete willingness to dope (CoachMADE): a three-country cluster randomised controlled trial	15
Methods for epidemiological studies in competitive cycling: an extension of the IOC consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 20	15
Injury incidence rates in women’s football: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective injury surveillance studies	15
Prevalence and incidence of injuries in para athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis and GRADE recommendations	15
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in adolescent athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Clinician approach to cardiopulmonary exercise testing for exercise prescription in patients at risk of and with cardiovascular disease	15