The Standard Error/Standard Deviation Mix-Up: Potential Impacts on Meta-Analyses in Sports Medicine
ConclusionsWe found the SE/SD mix-up had inflated estimates for the effects of football on aerobic fitness. Meta-analysts should be vigilant to avoid miscalculating effect sizes. Authors, reviewers and editors should avoid and discourage (respectively) the practice of reporting SE as a measure of sample variability in sports medicine research. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - January 25, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Injury Profile in Youth Female Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
ConclusionDespite a broad inclusion criterion, there is limited injury surveillance research available across youth female sport. Outside of soccer, little research density is evidenced with single studies available in popular team sports such as Australian football and rugby union. Insufficient study numbers reporting mean days lost and injury burden data were available for analysis, and pooled days lost data could only be estimated for soccer. This highlights a need for future research to report days lost data alongside injury number and exposure so burden can be calculated and the full risk of injury to youth female ath...
Source: Sports Medicine - January 24, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Do Exercise-Based Prevention Programs Reduce Injury in Endurance Runners? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
ConclusionsExercise-based interventions do not appear to reduce the risk and rate of running-related injuries. Supervision may be essential for exercise-based intervention programs to reduce risk of RRIs, possibly due to increased compliance. Studies with more robust designs that include supervised exercise interventions should be prioritized in the future.Trial RegistryClinical Trial Registration: PROSPERO CRD42021211274. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - January 23, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Extrinsic Risk Factors for Primary Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Adolescents Aged between 14 and 18 years: A Systematic Review
DiscussionThe findings emphasise the need for further research to clarify the evidence about extrinsic risk factors and primary noncontact ACL injury in adolescents to develop ACL injury prevention guidelines that would help practitioners and researchers identify adolescents at risk and design future interventions. Future epidemiological studies should collect data about extrinsic factors as well as data about primary noncontact injury separately from secondary injuries or contact injuries to better inform primary noncontact ACL injury prevention in adolescents.Registrationhttps://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/VM82F (11/08/2021)...
Source: Sports Medicine - January 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The Effect of Sedentary Behaviour on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
ConclusionsEvidence from randomised controlled trials indicates mixed associations between SB and CRF, with the potential for SB to influence CRF, as supported by meta-analytical findings. Further well-designed trials are warranted to confirm the relationship between SB and CRF, explore the effects of SB independent from higher intensity activity, and investigate the existence of such relationships in paediatric populations.Clinical Trial RegistrationPROSPERO CRD42022356218. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
COVID-19 in Female and Male Athletes: Symptoms, Clinical Findings, Outcome, and Prolonged Exercise Intolerance —A Prospective, Observational, Multicenter Cohort Study (CoSmo-S)
ConclusionsCompared to recreational athletes, elite athletes seem to be at lower risk of being or remaining symptomatic after SARS-CoV-2 infection. It remains to be determined whether persistent complaints after SARS-CoV-2 infection without evidence of accompanying organ damage may have a negative impact on further health and career in athletes. Identifying risk factors for an extended recovery period such as female sex and ongoing neuropsychological symptoms could help to identify athletes, who may require a more cautious approach to rebuilding their training regimen.Trial Registration NumberDRKS00023717; 06.15.2021 —re...
Source: Sports Medicine - January 11, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Who Reaches the NHL? A 20-Year Retrospective Analysis of Junior and Adult Ice Hockey Success in Relation to Biological Maturation in Male Swedish Players
ConclusionThis unique 20-year analysis shows that junior success in male ice hockey is positively related to early maturation, while adult success is inversely related to advanced maturation. Ice hockey organisations should implement maturation assessments to optimise the development of both late- and early-matured players. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - January 9, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Exercise Snacks and Other Forms of Intermittent Physical Activity for Improving Health in Adults and Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological, Experimental and Qualitative Studies
In conclusion, exercise snacks appear feasible and safe for adults and older adults and may have promising health benefits, but this is mostly based on findings from a limited number of small quasi-experimental studies, small randomised trials or qualitative studies. More studies are needed in individuals with chronic disease. This emerging physical activity approach may have appeal for individuals who find structured exercise unfeasible.Registrationhttps://osf.io/qhu24/ (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - January 8, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Current Guidelines for the Implementation of Flywheel Resistance Training Technology in Sports: A Consensus Statement
ConclusionsBecause of the consensus achieved among the experts in this project, it is suggested that practitioners and researchers should adopt the guidelines reported in this consensus statement regarding the use of flywheel resistance technology in sports. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - January 4, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Effect of Strength Training Programs in Middle- and Long-Distance Runners ’ Economy at Different Running Speeds: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis
ConclusionsCompared to a control condition, strength training with high loads, plyometric training, and a combination of strength training methods may improve running economy in middle- and long-distance runners. Other methods such as submaximal load training and isometric strength training seem less effective to improve running economy in this population. Of note, the data derived from this systematic review suggest that although both high load training and plyometric training may improve running economy, plyometric training might be effective at lower speeds (i.e., ≤ 12.00 km/h) and high load strength training might...
Source: Sports Medicine - January 2, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Quality Criteria for Studies Assessing the Acute Effects of Heading: Results from a UEFA Expert Panel
AbstractThere is increasing concern regarding the effects of heading in football on brain health including cognitive, behavioural and neuromotor function, with research suggesting an association between repeated ball-head impacts and neurodegenerative disease. While longitudinal studies to determine the long-term consequences of heading are challenging, there have been short-term ‘acute’ studies conducted, with some studies lacking appropriate methodology to ensure valid results. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) established a panel of experts to determine methodological recommendations for the conduc...
Source: Sports Medicine - December 27, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Acute Effects of Ad Libitum Use of Commercially Available Cannabis Products on the Subjective Experience of Aerobic Exercise: A Crossover Study
ConclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the acute effects of commercially available cannabis on subjective responses to exercise in a laboratory environment. Our findings suggest that, among regular cannabis users who use cannabis in combination with exercise, cannabis use prior to exercise may lead to increases in both positive and negative aspects of the subjective exercise experience. Research using diverse samples, exercise modalities, and methodologies (e.g., placebo-controlled trials) is needed to establish the generalizability of these findings. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - December 26, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
On a Corresponsive Sport Science
AbstractIn our societally extractive age, sport science risks being swept up in the intensifying desire to commodify the experiences of those that scientists proclaim to study. Coupled with the techno-digital revolution, this stems from a vertical (onto)logic that frames the sporting landscape as a static space filled with discrete objectswaiting for us to capture, analyse, re-present and sell on as knowledge. Not only does this commodification degrade primary experience in the false hope of epistemological objectivity, it reinforces the unidirectionality of extractivism by setting inquirer apart from, and above of, inquir...
Source: Sports Medicine - December 26, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sex Differences in Recovery Trajectories of Assessments for Sport-Related Concussion Among NCAA Athletes: A CARE Consortium Study
ConclusionsSport-related concussion recovery trajectories for most assessments were similar for female and male National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes except for Vestibular Ocular Motor Screen symptoms within 48 h of sport-related concussion, which was greater in female athletes. Female athletes had a greater symptom burden across all timepoints, suggesting that cross-sectional observations may indicate sex differences despite similar recovery trajectories. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - December 22, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Real-World Fatigue Testing in Professional Rugby Union: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
ConclusionsSubjective measures of muscle soreness can be used to assess fatigue after match play and training in rugby union players. Within-study and between-study variability for countermovement jump height, biochemical markers, and heart rate-derived measures means the utility (practical application) of these measures to assess fatigue in professional rugby union players after matches and training is unclear.Clinical Trial RegistrationPROSPERO ID: CRD42020216706. (Source: Sports Medicine)
Source: Sports Medicine - December 20, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
