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Australian guidelines for physical activity in pregnancy and postpartum
To develop Australian guidelines on physical activity/exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period.Can heat exposure improve exercise performance?
As part of a new set of initiatives, the JSAMS editor group established the early goal in 2022 of increasing the social media activity of our journals. Many academic journals have demonstrated over the past few years the increased importance of a strong social media presence. Dissemination of information on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube help maximise a journal’s impact and reach across a variety of different stakeholders, which is particularly important for JSAMS and its new sister journal JSAMS Plus, as we seek to best serve both our academic and practitioner readership.Sports Dietitian practices for assessing and managing athletes at risk of low energy availability (LEA)
To characterise the assessment and management practices employed by Sports Dietitians when assessing and managing athletes at risk of low energy availability (LEA).Hamstring injuries in England and Wales elite men's domestic cricket from 2010 to 2019
Describe hamstring injury incidence across competition formats, activity at time of injury, and time of season, facilitating the identification of injury risk factors in elite men's senior First-Class County Cricket.Match and training injury risk in semi-professional rugby union: A four-year study
Describe medical-attention and time-loss injuries during matches and training in a Welsh Premiership Rugby Union team.A profile of the skills, attributes, development, and employment opportunities for sport scientists in Australia
The purpose of this study was to document the technical and transferrable skills required for sport scientists, and perceived employment opportunities both currently and in the future with a particular emphasis on comparisons between academic and applied sport scientists.Results of a nationally implemented cardiac screening programme in elite cricket players in England and Wales
We assessed the diagnostic yield and costs of an electrocardiogram-based national screening programme in elite cricket players and the incremental value of transthoracic echocardiography and periodic evaluation.Analysis of more than 20,000 injuries in European professional football by using a citizen science-based approach: An opportunity for epidemiological research?
It has been claimed that analyses of large datasets from publicly accessible, open-collaborated (“citizen science-based”) online databases may provide additional insight into the epidemiology of injuries in professional football. However, this approach comes with major limitations, raising critical questions about the current trend of utilizing citizen science-based data. Therefore, we aimed to determine if citizen science-based health data from a popular online database on professional football players can be used for epidemiological research, i.e.Diagnostic yield and cost analysis of electrocardiographic screening in Swiss paediatric athletes
Athletes performing sports on high level are at increased risk for sudden cardiac death. This includes paediatric athletes, even though data on screening strategies in this age group remain scarce. This study aimed to assess electrocardiogram interpretation criteria in paediatric athletes and to evaluate the cost of screening.The efficacy of weekly and bi-weekly heat training to maintain the physiological benefits of heat acclimation
To examine the efficacy of weekly and bi-weekly heat training to maintain heat acclimatization (HAz) and heat acclimation (HA) for 8 weeks in aerobically trained athletes.Normative data and percentile curves for long-term athlete development in swimming
To provide normative data and establish percentile curves for long-course (50 m pool length) swimming events and to compare progression of race times longitudinally for the various swimming strokes and race distances.Effects of mild heat exposure on fatigue responses during two sets of repeated sprints matched for initial mechanical output
We examined whether mild heat exposure alters performance, perceptual responses and neural drive to the quadriceps during two sets of repeated sprints matched for initial mechanical output.How sleep can help maximize human potential: The role of leaders
During multi-domain operations (MDO), soldiers need the physical supremacy, cognitive dominance, and emotional resilience to help defend and win our nation's wars. Optimal sleep has been shown to boost physical performance and cognitive processing. This manuscript will discuss how recent advances in sleep science strongly argue for the integration of sleep planning into military operations.Physical activity in the management of obesity in adults: A position statement from Exercise and Sport Science Australia
This Position Statement examines the evidence for physical activity in weight and adiposity loss, prevention of weight and adiposity gain, and in weight regain in adults, and provides guidance on implications for exercise practitioners. Research evidence indicates that >150 min but preferably 300 min per week of aerobic activity of at least moderate intensity is required to prevent weight and adiposity gain, and at least the upper end of this range of activity to prevent weight regain after weight loss.Physical testing characteristics better explain draft outcome than in-game movement profile in junior elite Australian rules football players
The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which Australian Football League (AFL) draft outcome is associated with physical performance and/or in-game movement profile.Physical activity in the early postpartum period in primiparous women
Little is known about early postpartum physical activity (PA).Pelvic floor disorders stop women exercising: A survey of 4556 symptomatic women
To establish the impact of pelvic floor (PF) symptoms (urinary incontinence [UI], anal incontinence [AI] and pelvic organ prolapse [POP]) on exercise participation in women.The effects of hydration status and ice-water dousing on physiological and performance indices during a simulated soccer match in the heat
To assess the effects of hydration status and ice-water dousing on physiological and performance parameters.A comparison of heat acclimation by post-exercise hot water immersion and exercise in the heat
To compare heat acclimation adaptations after three and six days of either post-exercise hot water immersion (HWI) or exercise-heat-acclimation (EHA) in recreationally active individuals.“Is it fun and does it enhance my performance?” – Key implementation considerations for injury prevention programs in youth handball
We aimed to determine the use of injury prevention exercises and injury prevention exercise programs in Danish youth handball and investigate coach and player experiences, beliefs and attitudes of injury and their prevention.Representation of women in sport sciences research, publications, and editorial leadership positions: are we moving forward?
We determined the representation of women in sport sciences research leadership by assessing the proportion of women in (i) leading authorship positions of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published from January 2000 to September 2020 in sport sciences journals and (ii) editorial boards of these journals as of September 2020.Are pain coping strategies and neuropathic pain associated with a worse outcome after conservative treatment for Achilles tendinopathy? A prospective cohort study
To analyse whether (1) passive or active pain coping strategies and (2) presence of neuropathic pain component influences the change of Achilles tendinopathy (AT) symptoms over a course of 24 weeks in conservatively-treated patients.Musculoskeletal injuries in military personnel—Descriptive epidemiology, risk factor identification, and prevention
To provide an overall perspective on musculoskeletal injury (MSI) epidemiology, risk factors, and preventive strategies in military personnel.Repeated sprints alter mechanical work done by hip and knee, but not ankle, sagittal moments
To quantify the changes in work done by lower limb joint moments during maximal speed running following a sports-specific repeated running protocol.Motor performance is not related to injury risk in growing elite-level male youth football players. A causal inference approach to injury risk assessment
To identify the causal relation between growth velocity and injury in elite-level youth football players, and to assess the mediating effects of motor performance in this causal pathway.
