Kruijt, N., van den Bersselaar, L.R., Hopman, M.T.E. et al. Sports Med – Open 9, 33 (2023). Background: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) during sports can be the first symptom of yet undetected cardiovascular conditions. Immediate chest compressions and early defibrillation offer SCA victims the best chance of survival, which requires prompt bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Aims: To determine the effect of rapid bystander CPR …
Acute and Chronic Performance Enhancement in Rowing: A Network Meta-analytical Approach on the Effects of Nutrition and Training
Held, S., Rappelt, L. & Donath, L. Sports Med 53, 1137–1159 (2023). Background This systematic review and network meta-analysis assessed via direct and indirect comparison the occurrence and magnitude of effects following different nutritional supplementation strategies and exercise interventions on acute and chronic rowing performance and its surrogates. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, PsycNET and SPORTDiscus searches were conducted until …
Quantifying the Extent to Which Successful Juniors and Successful Seniors are Two Disparate Populations: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Findings
Güllich, A., Barth, M., Macnamara, B. N. & Hambrick, D. Z. Sports Med 53, 1201–1217 (2023). Background To what extent does the pathway to senior elite success build on junior elite success? Evidence from longitudinal studies investigating athletes’ junior-to-senior performance development is mixed; prospective studies have reported percentages of juniors who achieved an equivalent competition level at senior age …
Relationships between food insecurity, physical activity, detachment from studies, and students’ well-being: A prospective study
Isoard-Gatheur et al. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports – 2023 early access Research on students’ well-being has shown that studies may have an impact on well-being. However, this relationship is complex and involves many other parameters (e.g., food security and physical activity). Therefore, the objective of the present study was to investigate the relationships between food insecurity …
Exercise in Octogenarians: How Much Is Too Little?
Carrick-Ranson, G., Howden, E. J. & Levine, B. D. Annu Rev Med 73, 1–15 (2021). The global population is rapidly aging, with predictions of many more people living beyond 85 years. Age-related physiological adaptations predispose to decrements in physical function and functional capacity, the rate of which can be accelerated by chronic disease and prolonged physical inactivity. Decrements in physical …
Running behaviour and symptoms of respiratory tract infection during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cloosterman K.L.A et al. A large prospective Dutch cohort study Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport , Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 24 (2021) 332–337 ABSTRACT Objectives: To explore changes in running behavior due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, assess presence of symptoms suggestive for COVID-19 and identify whether there is an association between running behavior …
Can High-Intensity Interval Training Promote Skeletal Muscle Anabolism
Callahan, M. J., Parr, E. B., Hawley, J. A., & Camera, D. M. (2021). Sports Medicine, 51(3), 405–421. Abstract Exercise training in combination with optimal nutritional support is an effective strategy to maintain or increase skeletal muscle mass. A single bout of resistance exercise undertaken with adequate protein availability increases rates of muscle protein synthesis and, when repeated over weeks …
Factors Influencing the Association Between Coach and Athlete Rating of Exertion: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Paul, D., Read, P., Farooq, A., & Jones, L. (2021) ABSTRACT Background: Subjective monitoring of rate of perceived exertion is common practice in many sports. Typically, the information is used to understand the training load and at times modify forthcoming sessions. Identifying the relationship between the athlete and coach’s interpretation of training would likely further benefit understanding load management. The …
Effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercise therapy in patients with patellar tendinopathy: a randomised clinical trial.
Hott A, Brox JI, Pripp AH, Breda SJ, Oei EHG, Zwerver J, et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine Abstract Objective: To compare the effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercises (PTLE) with eccentric exercise therapy (EET) in patients with patellar tendinopathy (PT). Methods: In a stratified, investigator-blinded, block-randomised trial, 76 patients with clinically diagnosed and ultrasound-confirmed PT were randomly assigned in a 1:1 …
Infographic. Successful hosting of a mass sporting event during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hagemann, G., Hu, C., Hassani, Al, N., & Kahil, N. (2020). British Journal of Sports Medicine, In a previous BJSM blog posted in April this year Nitin K Sethi posed the question, ‘Amid the COVID-19 pandemic should combat sports events be held ‘behind closed doors’? The article’s conclusion was that with the right preparation and ‘by adopting some of the …