Articles

Prevalence of low back pain among elite Australian senior rowers

Authors: Kellie Wilkie, Larissa Trease and Miranda Wallis

Rib stress fractures in rowers

Authors: Anders Vinther

Training in extreme hot and cold

Authors: Mike Tipton Professor

Monitoring rowers to determine under-performance

Authors: Jürgen Michael Steinacker, Martina Zügel, Uwe Schumann, Katja Machus, Marion Schneider, Hohmann Harald, Mahdi Sareban and Gunnar Treff

Characteristic of acute and overuse injuries among junior, senior and master rowers

Authors: Tomislav Smoljanovic, Ivan Bojanic, Jo A Hannafin, Darko Hren, Oliver Terborg, Ivan Bohacek and Henning Bay Nielsen

150 years of rowing faster: what are the sources of more and more speed?

Authors: Stephen Seiler

Rowing: extreme physiology and possibility for injury

Authors: Henning Bay Nielsen

Analytics… what’s it all about?

Authors: Laurie Miles PhD

Bone mineral density in elite rowers

Authors: Bronwen Lundy, Larissa Trease and Drew K Michael

Monitoring training status using novel submaximal test

Authors: M J Hofmijster, G J J van de Plasse, A M C van Beijsterveldt and J H Stubbe

Protecting the clean athlete, protecting health

Authors: Richard Budgett Dr

Contribution of aerobic and anaerobic capacity to 2000 m rowing performance

Authors: Yusuke Shirai, Mikio Hiura and Yoshiraru Nabekura

Mean amplitude deviation calculated from raw acceleration data: a novel method for classifying the intensity of adolescents’ physical activity irrespective of accelerometer brand

Using raw acceleration data to assess the intensity of physical activity enables direct comparisons between studies using different accelerometer brands. Mean amplitude deviation (MAD in mg) calculated from re...

Authors: Minna Aittasalo, Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Tommi Vasankari, Pauliina Husu, Anne-Mari Jussila and Harri Sievänen

Does functional fitness decline in accordance with our expectation? – a pilot study in healthy female

Aging may cause various functional abilities gradually deteriorate. With changes in social forms, the trend of functional fitness decline will change accordingly. Therefore, this study endeavored to identify t...

Authors: Yin-Shin Lee, Li-Ying Chang, Wei-Hsuan Chung, Tsung-Ching Lin and Tzyy-Yuang Shiang

Is a threshold-based model a superior method to the relative percent concept for establishing individual exercise intensity? a randomized controlled trial

Exercise intensity is arguably the most critical component of the exercise prescription model. It has been suggested that a threshold based model for establishing exercise intensity might better identify the l...

Authors: Ali E. Wolpern, Dara J. Burgos, Jeffrey M. Janot and Lance C. Dalleck

Transport choice when travelling to a sports facility: the role of perceived route features - Results from a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour are independently associated with health outcomes, where physical activity (PA) is associated with health benefits and sedentary behaviour is associated with health ri...

Authors: Ellen L de Hollander, Eline Scheepers, Harm J van Wijnen, Pieter JV van Wesemael, Albertine J Schuit, Wanda Wendel-Vos and Elise EMM van Kempen

Validity and reliability of Nike + Fuelband for estimating physical activity energy expenditure

The Nike + Fuelband is a commercially available, wrist-worn accelerometer used to track physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) during exercise. However, validation studies assessing the accuracy of this d...

Authors: Wesley J. Tucker, Dharini M. Bhammar, Brandon J. Sawyer, Matthew P. Buman and Glenn A. Gaesser

Biomechanical symmetry in elite rugby union players during dynamic tasks: an investigation using discrete and continuous data analysis techniques

While measures of asymmetry may provide a means of identifying individuals predisposed to injury, normative asymmetry values for challenging sport specific movements in elite athletes are currently lacking in ...

Authors: Brendan Marshall, Andrew Franklyn-Miller, Kieran Moran, Enda King, Chris Richter, Shane Gore, Siobhán Strike and Éanna Falvey

Sporting programs for inactive population groups: factors influencing implementation in the organized sports setting

The organized sports sector has received increased attention as a setting to promote health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) to the general population. For significant public health impact, it is important t...

Authors: Linda Ooms, Cindy Veenhof, Nicolette Schipper-van Veldhoven and Dinny H. de Bakker

Associations between poor oral health and reinjuries in male elite soccer players: a cross-sectional self-report study

Although it is well known that oral pathogens can enter the systemic circulation and cause disease, it is largely unknown if poor oral health increases the risk of sports injuries. The purpose of this study is...

Authors: Henny Solleveld, Arnold Goedhart and Luc Vanden Bossche

The effect of leg compression garments on the mechanical characteristics and performance of single-leg hopping in healthy male volunteers

Compression garments (CG) are commonly used by athletes to improve motor performance and recovery during or following exercise. Numerous studies have investigated the effect of CG on physiological and physical...

Authors: Amitabh Gupta, Joshua John Bryers and Peter James Clothier

Ultrasonic assessment of exercise-induced change in skeletal muscle glycogen content

Ultrasound imaging is a valuable tool in exercise and sport science research, and has been used to visualize and track real-time movement of muscles and tendons, estimate hydration status in body tissues, and ...

Authors: David C Nieman, R Andrew Shanely, Kevin A Zwetsloot, Mary Pat Meaney and Gerald E Farris

The effects of exergaming on balance, gait, technology acceptance and flow experience in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial

Exergaming is a promising new alternative to traditional modes of therapeutic exercise which may be preferable and more effective for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Impaired balance is reported as one of...

Authors: Jonathan Robinson, John Dixon, Alasdair Macsween, Paul van Schaik and Denis Martin

An experimental study of muscular injury repair in a mouse model of notexin-induced lesion with EPI® technique

The mechanisms of muscle injury repair after EPI® technique, a treatment based on electrical stimulation, have not been described. This study determines whether EPI® therapy could improve muscle damage.

Authors: Ferran Abat, Soraya-L Valles, Pablo-Eduardo Gelber, Fernando Polidori, Adrian Jorda, Sergio García-Herreros, Joan-Carles Monllau and Jose-Manuel Sanchez-Ibáñez

BMC Sports science, medicine, and rehabilitation reviewer acknowledgement 2014

The editors of Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 6 (2014).

Authors: Clare Partridge

Relationship between perceived exertion and blood lactate concentrations during incremental running test in young females

To investigate more practical handling of Borg’s ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and category-ratio scale of RPE (CR-10), we evaluated interrelationships between RPE, CR-10, and blood lactate concentration...

Authors: Daijiro Abe, Takayoshi Yoshida, Hatsumi Ueoka, Koji Sugiyama and Yoshiyuki Fukuoka

Perceived personal importance of exercise and fears of re-injury: a longitudinal study of psychological factors related to activity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Psychological perceptions are increasingly being recognized as important to recovery and rehabilitation post-surgery. This research longitudinally examined perceptions of the personal importance of exercise an...

Authors: Monique AM Gignac, Xingshan Cao, Subha Ramanathan, Lawrence M White, Mark Hurtig, Monica Kunz and Paul H Marks

The feasibility and effectiveness of high-intensity boxing training versus moderate-intensity brisk walking in adults with abdominal obesity: a pilot study

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) performed on exercise cycle or treadmill is considered safe and often more beneficial for fat loss and cardiometabolic health than moderate-intensity continuous training...

Authors: Birinder S Cheema, Timothy B Davies, Matthew Stewart, Shona Papalia and Evan Atlantis

A description of the volume and intensity of sporadic physical activity among adults

Emerging evidence indicates that accumulating physical activity in periods of less than 10 minutes, termed sporadic physical activity (SPA), has similar effects on health as a similar volume of bouted physical...

Authors: Jordan Robson and Ian Janssen

Do non-elite older runners slow down more than younger runners in a 100 km ultra-marathon?

This study investigated changes in normalised running speed as a proxy for effort distribution over segments in male elite and age group 100 km ultra-marathoners with the assumption that older runners would sl...

Authors: Christoph A Rüst, Thomas Rosemann, Matthias A Zingg and Beat Knechtle

The effect of external ankle support on the kinematics and kinetics of the lower limb during a side step cutting task in netballers

Excessive knee valgus moments are considered to be a risk factor for non-contact injuries in female athletes. Knee injuries are highly prevalent in netballers and are significant in terms of cost and disabilit...

Authors: Andrew John Greene, Max Christian Stuelcken, Richard Murray Smith and Benedicte Vanwanseele

Physical rehabilitation improves muscle function following volumetric muscle loss injury

Given the clinical practice of prescribing physical rehabilitation for the treatment of VML injuries, the present study examined the functional and histomorphological adaptations in the volumetric muscle loss ...

Authors: Amit Aurora, Koyal Garg, Benjamin T Corona and Thomas J Walters

Effects of core strength training using stable versus unstable surfaces on physical fitness in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial

It has been demonstrated that core strength training is an effective means to enhance trunk muscle strength (TMS) and proxies of physical fitness in youth. Of note, cross-sectional studies revealed that the in...

Authors: Urs Granacher, Jörg Schellbach, Katja Klein, Olaf Prieske, Jean-Pierre Baeyens and Thomas Muehlbauer

Contemporary management of ‘Inguinal disruption’ in the sportsman’s groin

This article helps define the basic principles to diagnosis and manage one of the surgically correctable causes of the ‘painful groin’, which is commonly described as the sportsman’s groin.

Authors: Aali J Sheen and Zafar Iqbal

Match play performance characteristics that predict post-match creatine kinase responses in professional rugby union players

Rugby union players can take several days to fully recover from competition. Muscle damage induced during the match has a major role in player recovery; however the specific characteristics of match play that ...

Authors: Marc R Jones, Daniel J West, Bradley J Harrington, Christian J Cook, Richard M Bracken, David A Shearer and Liam P Kilduff

Changes in transition times in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ between 1998 and 2013

Recent findings showed that elite Ironman triathletes competing in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ improved both split and overall race times. The present study investigated whether elite athletes also improved in transition...

Authors: Christoph A Rüst, Thomas Rosemann, Romuald Lepers and Beat Knechtle

Will the age of peak ultra-marathon performance increase with increasing race duration?

Recent studies found that the athlete’s age of the best ultra-marathon performance was higher than the athlete’s age of the best marathon performance and it seemed that the athlete’s age of peak ultra-marathon...

Authors: Christoph Alexander Rüst, Matthias Alexander Zingg, Thomas Rosemann and Beat Knechtle

Acute affective responses to prescribed and self-selected exercise sessions in adolescent girls: an observational study

Positive affective responses can lead to improved adherence to exercise. This study sought to examine the affective responses and exercise intensity of self-selected exercise in adolescent girls.

Authors: Charlotte C Hamlyn-Williams, Paul Freeman and Gaynor Parfitt

Participation and performance trends by nationality in the ‘English Channel Swim’ from 1875 to 2013

The aim of the present study was to investigate participation and performance trends regarding the nationality of successful solo swimmers in the ‘English Channel Swim’.

Authors: Beat Knechtle, Thomas Rosemann and Christoph Alexander Rüst

Cutaneous stimulation of discrete regions of the sole during locomotion produces “sensory steering” of the foot

While the neural and mechanical effects of whole nerve cutaneous stimulation on human locomotion have been previously studied, there is less information about effects evoked by activation of discrete skin regi...

Authors: E Paul Zehr, Tsuyoshi Nakajima, Trevor Barss, Taryn Klarner, Stefanie Miklosovic, Rinaldo A Mezzarane, Matthew Nurse and Tomoyoshi Komiyama

Cervical isometric strength and range of motion of elite rugby union players: a cohort study

Head and neck injury is relatively common in Rugby Union. Despite this, strength and range-of-motion characteristics of the cervical spine are poorly characterised. The aim of this study was to provide data on...

Authors: David F Hamilton and Don Gatherer

Relationship between age and elite marathon race time in world single age records from 5 to 93 years

The aims of the study were (i) to investigate the relationship between elite marathon race times and age in 1-year intervals by using the world single age records in marathon running from 5 to 93 years and (ii) t...

Authors: Beat Knechtle, Hervé Assadi, Romuald Lepers, Thomas Rosemann and Christoph Alexander Rüst

Metastability in plyometric training on unstable surfaces: a pilot study

In the past, plyometric training (PT) has been predominantly performed on stable surfaces. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine effects of a 7-week lower body PT on stable vs. unstable surfaces. This...

Authors: Armin Kibele, Claudia Classen, Thomas Muehlbauer, Urs Granacher and David G Behm

Protein supplements consumption: a comparative study between the city centre and the suburbs of Palermo, Italy

Protein supplements are extensively used among commercial gym users and athletes. Although demographic information amongst such consumption has been poorly investigated. The aim of this study is to compare pro...

Authors: Antonino Bianco, Caterina Mammina, Ewan Thomas, Francesco Ciulla, Umberto Pupella, Francesco Gagliardo, Marianna Bellafiore, Giuseppe Battaglia, Antonio Paoli and Antonio Palma

Can supplementation with vitamin C and E alter physiological adaptations to strength training?

Antioxidant supplementation has recently been demonstrated to be a double-edged sword, because small to moderate doses of exogenous antioxidants are essential or beneficial, while high doses may have adverse e...

Authors: Gøran Paulsen, Kristoffer T Cumming, Håvard Hamarsland, Elisabet Børsheim, Sveinung Berntsen and Truls Raastad

The validity of the non-exercise activity thermogenesis questionnaire evaluated by objectively measured daily physical activity by the triaxial accelerometer

Physical inactivity is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Recently, we showed that non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) assessed by the self-reported questionnaire is favorably associated with metabolic...

Authors: Hidetaka Hamasaki, Hidekatsu Yanai, Masafumi Kakei, Mitsuhiko Noda and Osamu Ezaki

Comparison of three generations of ActiGraph activity monitors under free-living conditions: do they provide comparable assessments of overall physical activity in 9-year old children?

A recent review concludes that the agreement of data across ActiGraph accelerometer models for children and youth still is uncertain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement of three generations of...

Authors: May Grydeland, Bjoerge Herman Hansen, Mathias Ried-Larsen, Elin Kolle and Sigmund Alfred Anderssen

Changes in sex difference in swimming speed in finalists at FINA World Championships and the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2013

This study investigated swimming speeds and sex differences of finalists competing at the Olympic Games (i.e. 624 female and 672 male athletes) and FINA World Championships (i.e. 990 women and 1008 men) between 1...

Authors: Stefanie Wild, Christoph Alexander Rüst, Thomas Rosemann and Beat Knechtle

Gender differences in myocardial function and arterio-ventricular coupling in response to maximal exercise in adolescent floor-ball players

The hemodynamic and cardiac responses to exercise have been widely investigated in adults. However, little is known regarding myocardial performance in response to a short bout of maximal exercise in adolescen...

Authors: Åsa Fomin, Cristina Da Silva, Mattias Ahlstrand, Anders Sahlén, Lars Lund, Marcus Stahlberg, Anders Gabrielsen and Aristomenis Manouras

Aerobic exercise modulates intracortical inhibition and facilitation in a nonexercised upper limb muscle

Despite growing interest in the relationship between exercise and short-term neural plasticity, the effects of exercise on motor cortical (M1) excitability are not well studied. Acute, lower-limb aerobic exerc...

Authors: Amaya M Singh, Robin E Duncan, Jason L Neva and W Richard Staines