Athlete mental health has become a growing concern across endurance, aesthetic and weight-sensitive sports. While ...

Introduction Osteoarthritis is the second most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder and mostly affects hip and knee joints. Movement behaviours have been associated with the incidence of osteoarthritis.

Objectives To derive sex-specific peak oxygen uptake (VO 2peak) reference equations for cycle ergometer cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) that integrate estimations of lean body mass (eLBM) and ...

Objective To establish the prevalence of mental health symptoms (MHSs) among Dutch elite athletes and their coaches, to examine the association between potential contributing factors and MHS among ...

Objectives To explore associations betweenexercise dependence, eating disorder (ED) symptoms and biomarkers of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S) among male endurance athletes. Methods Fifty ...

Introduction Endurance athletes with high training loads and weight focus have increased risk of low energy and carbohydrate (CHO) availability. This is the first study aiming to investigate the ...

How does it affect the field, and what other adverse consequences do women in SEM face? Under-representation of female participants, clinicians and researchers in SEM can have detrimental effects for ...

Objectives The purpose of this study was to quantify the impact of morphological characteristics on freestyle swimming performance by event and gender. Design Height, mass, body mass index (BMI) and ...

Background Eating disorders (ED) and disordered eating (DE) among male elite athletes share some of the characteristics seen in female elite athletes and the population, but also exhibit some key ...

Objectives We evaluated the effect of a nutrition education intervention on bone stress injury (BSI) incidence among female distance runners at two NCAA Division I institutions. Methods Historical BSI ...

Background Low back pain (LBP) is a common pain syndrome in athletes, responsible for 28% of missed training days/year. Psychosocial factors contribute to chronic pain development. This study aims to ...

Introduction The aim of this study was to implement and evaluate an early groin problem detection strategy and to monitor hip adduction and abduction strength of rugby union players during a full ...