Lagas, I. F. et al. J Sport Sci 1–9 (2023) Abstract Patients with midportion Achilles tendinopathy (AT) are thought to experience a gradual symptomatic improvement over time. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate if patients with midportion AT have symptoms at 10-year follow-up. Patients with midportion AT were invited to complete an online questionnaire 10 years after …
Anderson N, Belavy DL, Perle SM, et al. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023;9:e001568. Abstract Researching a topic and generating an academic paper is a nuanced skill. It can take months or years to produce and publish one, if it is ever published at all. What if there were a way to make this happen instantly? Artificial intelligence (AI) …
McCall, A. et al. Sports Med 1–16 (2023) Abstract Background Athlete monitoring trends appear to be favouring objective over subjective measures. One reason of potentially several is that subjective monitoring affords athletes to give dishonest responses. Indeed, athletes have never been systematically researched to understand why they are honest or not. Objective Because we do not know what motivates professional …
K. Dane, G. Foley, S. Hendricks, et al. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Abstract Objectives: Tackle coaching forms a cornerstone of training in rugby and is designed to enhance performance and mitigate tackle injury. The athlete voice can help key stakeholders understand the psychosocial determinants that shape skill development in relation to tackle coaching. We aimed to capture …
Markov, A., Hauser, L. & Chaabene, H. Sports Med 53, 437–455 (2023). Background There is evidence that in older adults the combination of strength training (ST) and endurance training (ET) (i.e., concurrent training [CT]) has similar effects on measures of muscle strength and cardiorespiratory endurance (CRE) compared with single-mode ST or ET, respectively. Therefore, CT seems to be an effective method …
Behrens, M. et al. Fatigue and Human Performance: An Updated Framework. Sports Med 53, 7–31 (2023). Abstract Fatigue has been defined differently in the literature depending on the field of research. The inconsistent use of the term fatigue complicated scientific communication, thereby limiting progress towards a more in-depth understanding of the phenomenon. Therefore, Enoka and Duchateau (Med Sci Sports Exerc …
Ekstrand et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine Published Online First: 06 December 2022. Abstract Objectives To: (1) describe hamstring injury incidence and burden in male professional football players over 21 seasons (2001/02 to 2021/22); (2) analyse the time-trends of hamstring muscle injuries over the most recent eight seasons (2014/15 to 2021/22); and (3) describe hamstring injury location, mechanism and recurrence rate. Methods 3909 …
Mason et al, Sports Medicine – Open (2022) 8:139. Background Ankle sprains remain prevalent across most team sports. However, despite divergent ankle sprain injury rates in male and female athletes, little is known about potential sex-specific risk factors for ankle sprain. Objective To systematically investigate the sex-specific risk factors for ankle sprain. Methods Combinations of the key terms were entered …
Vogels et al). Sports Medicine (2022) 52:3055–3064 Abstract Aim Defining universally accepted guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is hampered by the absence of high-quality scientific research. The aim of this Delphi study was to establish consensus on practical issues guiding diagnosis and treatment of CECS of the leg in civilian and military patient …
Gorzelitz J, Trabert B, Katki HA, et al. Br J Sports Med 2022;56:1277–1283. ABSTRACT Objectives Both aerobic moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and muscle-strengthening exercise (MSE) are recommended, but the mortality benefits of weightlifting, a specific type of MSE, are limited. Methods In the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial, we used Cox proportional hazards regression to …