OBJECTIVE Air travel and exercise change hemostatic parameters. This study investigated the effect of air travel on exercise-induced coagulation and fibrinolysis in endurance athletes. DESIGN A prospective longitudinal study. SETTING The 114th Boston Marathon (April 19, 2010). PARTICIPANTS Forty-one adults were divided into travel (T: 23 participants, living >4-hour plane flight from Bost...

OBJECTIVES After having conducted two studies of the effectiveness of workplace travel plans for promoting active travel, we investigated health and transport practitioners' perspectives on implementing workplace travel plans to share some of the lessons learnt. The objectives of this study were to describe perceived elements of effective workplace travel plans, barriers and enablers to workpla...

introduction: increasing international travel to low-income areas is confronting travelers with new health threats. this study investigated international travelers’ health advice, behavior, and information needs in a low-income setting.methods: this is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. between october 27–31, 2014, 127 semi-structured surveys were conducted in jinja, uganda with internati...

Insufficient attention has been paid to physical trauma as a cause of morbidity and mortality in international travellers, despite travellers themselves ranking it among their most important pre-travel health concerns. Road traffic collisions (RTCs) are the most common cause of death in younger travellers. One of the significant factors contributing to motorist accidents is tourists’ disorienta...