Meulengracht, C., Seidler, M., Svensson, R., Kracht, M., Zeidan, A., Christensen, K., Jensen, M., Hansen, P., Boesen, M., Brushøj, C., Magnusson, S., Bahr, R., Kjær, M. and Couppé, C. (2024), Scand J Med Sci Sports, 34: e14732. Knowledge of how to treat chronic tendinopathy has advanced in recent years, but the treatment of early tendinopathy is not well understood. The main …
Le Roux, J., Janse van Rensburg, C., Den Hollander, S., Kerkhoffs, G., & Gouttebarge, V. (2024). South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 36(1). Rugby is a physically demanding sport with a high injury rate. Professional male rugby players have a notably greater risk of sustaining injuries that require hospitalisation or surgery than male athletes from non-contact sports. Retired elite male rugby …
Wulff, M. W., Mackey, A. L., Kjær, M. & Bayer, M. L. Transl. Sports Med. 2024, (2024). A major challenge in sports medicine is to facilitate the fastest possible recovery from injury without increasing the risk of subsequent ruptures, and thus, effective rehabilitation programs should balance between these two factors. The present review examines the role of different resistance training …
Hollander, S. den, Culvin, A., Kerkhoffs, G. & Gouttebarge, V. Eur. J. Sport Sci. (2024). Women’s football has grown in popularity, competitiveness and professionalism, increasing the demands placed on players and their injury risk. This study aimed to identify differences in the match workload and international travel between injured and non-injured professional women’s footballers. The study was conducted as an …
Hardy, E. J., Bass, J. J., Inns, T. B., Piasecki, M., Piasecki, J., Sale, C., Morris, R. H., Lund, J. N., Smith, K., Wilkinson, D. J., Atherton, P. J. & Phillips, B. E. J. Cachexia, Sarcopenia Muscle (2024). Background Skeletal muscle is a highly plastic tissue crucial for many functions associated with whole-body health across the life course. Magnetic resonance …
Burtscher, J. & Burtscher, M J. Sport Heal. Sci. 13, 761–763 (2024). This paper explores the relationship between physical exercise and brain health in older adults. Aging is associated with declines in cellular, tissue, and systemic functions, leading to cognitive decline and increased vulnerability to diseases like dementia. Regular exercise can counteract aging effects by improving cellular stress responses, mitochondrial …
Jooste, M., & Schwellnus, M. (2024). Journal of sport and health science, S2095-2546. The Olympic and Paralympic Games are a global celebration of athletic dedication and achievement, bringing together athletes and spectators from around the world. However, such large gatherings present public health challenges for the Organizing Committees and local governments. As highlighted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, these events are associated …
Ding D, Ekelund U. Journal of Sport and Health Science, Volume 13, Issue 6, 2024, Pages 736-738, In 1953, Morris et al. published their ground-breaking findings among London bus drivers and conductors, linking physical activity to a major chronic disease for the first time. This seminal paper marked the birth of a new field—physical activity epidemiology. Since then, the field has flourished, evidenced …
Bangsbo, J. Eur. J. Sport Sci. 24, 1162–1175 (2024). Intense interval exercise training has been shown to improve performance and health of untrained and trained people. However, due to the exercise intensity causing high-perceived exertion, the participants often do not wish to continue the training. The 10-20-30 training concept consists of low intensity for 30 s, 20 s at a moderate pace, …
Stuart, M., Farooq, M., Thomas, T. et al. Sports Med – Open10, 80 (2024). In 2019, the International Olympic Committee published the first Olympic and Paralympic Model Formulary (OPF), which defined the standardised set of medications required at every Olympic and Paralympic Games for the treatment of athletes. This study aimed to test the OPF to determine whether it meets the clinical needs …