Montse Bellver , Ventura Ferrer-Roca , Luis Del Rio , Esther Jovell , Lucas Gomez-Chereguini , Franchek Drobnic , Antoni Trilla
{"title":"Bone variables and body composition in former artistic swimmers teams. Jump program effects during Covid-19 confinement: A randomized controlled study","authors":"Montse Bellver , Ventura Ferrer-Roca , Luis Del Rio , Esther Jovell , Lucas Gomez-Chereguini , Franchek Drobnic , Antoni Trilla","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100370","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100370","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 212","pages":"Article 100370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100370","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76126531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Espasa Labrador , Javier Peña , Toni Caparrós Pons , Michael Cook , Azahara Fort Vanmeerhaeghe
{"title":"Relationship between internal and external load in elite female youth basketball players","authors":"Javier Espasa Labrador , Javier Peña , Toni Caparrós Pons , Michael Cook , Azahara Fort Vanmeerhaeghe","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100357","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100357","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Monitoring load has been a key point in team sports during last years. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the external and internal training load during full basketball practices in elite female youth basketball players.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p><span>Thirteen elite female youth basketball players (age 16.3±1 years, height 181.7±5.8cm and body mass 71.2±9.6kg) had physical and physiological monitored over seven weeks. Players’ internal load was assessed using the session-rating of perceived exertion (sRPE), the Edward's summated heart rate zones model (SHRZ) and, the Banister's training impulse (TRIMP</span><sub>B</sub>). The external load was determined through: 1) total accelerations (TA); the sum of all accelerations and decelerations; 2) maximal accelerations and decelerations (TAMax); 3) total accelerations per minutes (TA·min<sup>−1</sup>); 4) accelerations per minute (Acc·min<sup>−1</sup>); and 5) decelerations per minute (Dec·min<sup>−1</sup><span>). Heart rate-based and accelerometry models were assessed via Polar Pro technology.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Correlations between variables revealed different magnitudes. SHRZ model showed a positive correlation with TA (0.63); the TRIMP<sub>B</sub> model showed a high degree of correlation with TA (0.78); the sRPE model also presented a high correlation with TA (0.62).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our study establishes different levels of association between external and internal load models in elite female youth basketball players. However, we cannot assume that a high relationship between internal and external loads exists, as both models should be considered as different constructs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 211","pages":"Article 100357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100357","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86008197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating the probable effects of the COVID-19 epidemic detraining on athletes’ physiological traits and performance","authors":"Nima Nakisa , Mahboobeh Ghasemzadeh Rahbardar","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100359","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100359","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The existing Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 outbreak has become the chief health concern all over the world. This universal epidemic with high morbidity and mortality rate affected the sports world as well as other fields of human life. In this situation, the routine and professional training of soccer players has been canceled. alterations in the training features including frequency, volume, and intensity might result in fitness detraining which will definitely have unpleasant effects on their professional life, including alterations in their physiological traits and performance.</p><p>The purpose of the current study is to shed light on the probable effects of the COVID-19 epidemic detraining on athletes, in order to persuade coaches and athletes pay more attention to detraining unpleasant effects and make appropriate decisions, and employ effective strategies to reduce and prevent these effects and return to full fitness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 211","pages":"Article 100359"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100359","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82829710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose Miguel Aguililla Liñan , Maria Isabel Miguel Pérez , Jordi Palau González , Ingrid Möller Parera
{"title":"Intractable lateral epicondilytis: A differential diagnosis algorithm for a correct clinical interpretation","authors":"Jose Miguel Aguililla Liñan , Maria Isabel Miguel Pérez , Jordi Palau González , Ingrid Möller Parera","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100353","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100353","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The epicondylalgia<span> is the most frequent upper extremity pathology in adults and it can become an “intractable lateral epicondylitis” when patients do not improve with the treatment received. This is a complex entity that includes several musculo-tendinous, articular and neural syndromes than can coexist and they can also be confused with each other. For this reason, it is necessary to do a systematized and exhaustive evaluation where all the dysfunctions capable of generating the symptoms are precisely and independently analyzed. On this basis, a 7 steps assessment algorithm is proposed on this paper to enable the clinician to perform a complete and organized evaluation of these patients, to achieve a correct clinical interpretation.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 211","pages":"Article 100353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100353","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76904601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anxiety and psychological variables of sports performance related to injuries in high-performance sportsmen","authors":"Jesús Ríos Garit , Yanet Pérez Surita , Ernesto Fuentes Domínguez , Yoanny Soris Moya , Roswel Borges Castellanos","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100358","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100358","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The aim of this research is to analyze the relationships between anxiety and the psychological variables of sports performance, with the history of injuries in high-performance sportsmen.</p></div><div><h3>Material and Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional and correlational study was designed selecting 63 sportsmen through a stratified random sampling (n= 21 softball, soccer and baseball respectively). To obtain the information and measure the variables, the Questionnaire on Sports Aspects and Injuries, the State -Trait Anxiety Inventory, the State in Competition Anxiety Inventory and the Psychological Inventory of Sports Execution were used. The analysis was carried out using the percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, Kolmogorov - Smirnov, HSD Tukey de Anova and the Pearson correlation coefficient (p≤0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Softball sportsmen present greater anxiety in competitions (baseball .000; soccer .003) and soccer players have suffered more serious injuries (baseball .008; softball .027). The psychological variables of sports performance that established a relationship with injuries showed an inverse and significant direction such as self-confidence (number of injuries .020), attention control (number .034 and severity .009), negative coping control (number .008 and severity .008) and positive coping control (number .005 and severity .012).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>A low self-confidence and limited skills to control attention and emotions, make up the vulnerability of the sportsmen studied, which means that a psychological preparation focused on these psychological processes will contribute to the prevention of injuries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 211","pages":"Article 100358"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100358","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72916540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Muscle mass index estimated by anthropometry vs bioelectrical impedance: Study in athletes competing by weight categories","authors":"Alicia S. Canda","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100360","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100360","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The aim of the study was to compare the muscle mass obtained by anthropometry<span> and bioelectrical impedance, in athletes competing by weight categories. 109 (42 women y 67 men), age 21.4 ± 3.5 years, boxing (32), weightlifting (16), judo (28), karate (12), fighting (14) and taekwondo (7) practitioners were selected. The protocol included nineteen anthropometrics variables and a bioelectrical impedance analysis (akern®), estimating the muscle mass by anthropometry by the Lee's equation (2000) and by bioimpedance by Janssen's equation (2000), calculating the muscle mass index (IMM, kg/m</span></span><sup>2</sup><span>). In ten athletes it was examined whether in a second exploration the changes over time were similar by both techniques. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman analysis were applied to assess the concordance. Results: The IMM estimated by Lee vs Janssen, was in the female sample, 9.01 ± 1.01 kg/m</span><sup>2</sup> vs 8.68 ± 1.1 kg/m<sup>2</sup>; and in the male sample, 11.17 ± 1.34 kg/m<sup>2</sup> vs 11.04 ± 1.13 kg/m<sup>2</sup> .The ICC was 0.945 [95%IC; 0.915-0.964]. The difference in the IMM between both techniques was 0.21; with a confidence range of 95% between +1.60 a -1.18. In the longitudinal study, five of the athletes controlled (50%), gave differences in the assessment of their IMM's changes. We concluded that even though in a statistical sense there is a high concordance between both equations being valid for epidemiological studies, the differences found cannot be assumed as interchangeable for the individual assessment of each athlete nor in comparative studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 211","pages":"Article 100360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88953666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Surojit Sarkar , Monalisa Debnath , Moumita Das , Amit Bandyopadhyay , Swapan Kr Dey , Gouriprosad Datta
{"title":"Effect of high intensity interval training on antioxidant status, inflammatory response and muscle damage indices in endurance team male players","authors":"Surojit Sarkar , Monalisa Debnath , Moumita Das , Amit Bandyopadhyay , Swapan Kr Dey , Gouriprosad Datta","doi":"10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100352","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p><span>High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has previously been reported having the effect of training period on altering oxidant status, muscle damage and performance. The present study was aimed to understand and evaluate the adaptive response of 8 weeks HIIT on muscle damage indices, inflammatory markers, </span>oxidative stress variables and physical fitness parameters.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Forty young endurance male players [i.e., football (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->20) and field hockey (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->20)] were recruited under two groups i.e., control and HIIT. 8 weeks long 3<!--> <!-->h/day of sprint-HIIT was intervened for thrice/week. HIIT workouts includes total 4 sets/session (divided into 2 phase<!--> <!-->×<!--> <!-->2 sets<!--> <!-->×<!--> <!-->2<!--> <!-->min) of all-out sprint workout (at 90–95% of HR<sub>max</sub> with work: rest<!--> <!-->=<!--> <span>1:1). Muscle damage indices (CK and LDH), inflammatory markers (IL-6 and TNF-α), oxidative stress variables (MDA, SOD, GSH and GPx) and physical fitness variables (VO</span><sub>2max</sub>, <em>W</em><sub>peak</sub> and VJ) were assessed via following standard protocols.</p></div><div><h3>Result</h3><p>The HIIT resulted to significantly(<em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <span><span>0.001) increase BMI<span><span> (1.1%), LDH (15.0%), </span>CK<span> (14.4%), cortisol (9.4%), IL-6 (15.7%), TNF-α (18.2%), </span></span></span>MDA (29.5%), VO</span><sub>2max</sub> (13.6%), <em>W</em><sub>peak</sub><span> (11.6%), VJ (11.2%) and GPx (0.4%) along with significant (</span><em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.001) reduction in BF% (7.6%), SOD (11.1%), GSH (10.8%) content of athletes.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Antioxidant redox imbalance confers inflammatory oxidative stress condition which further leads to muscle damage and that may cause due to HIIT induced temporary hypoxic condition which contrarily induced overtraining effect but with improving performance variables.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100113,"journal":{"name":"Apunts Sports Medicine","volume":"56 210","pages":"Article 100352"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apunsm.2021.100352","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72244994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}