In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey. Major hockey nations are now following Lund University's research on the consequences of tougher ...

One of the charms of ice hockey is the powerful "body check." It is a physical battle where players, racing at speeds nearing 40 km/h on the ice, collide with their full weight to gain control of the ...

Knowledge of longitudinal body composition development is required to identify the mechanisms behind childhood overweight and obesity and to prevent these conditions. However, accurate data on this ...