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{"title":"Knee muscle strength, body composition, and balance performance of youth soccer players.","authors":"Cíntia França, Francisco Martins, Helder Lopes, Adilson Marques, Marcelo de Maio Nascimento, Krzysztof Przednowek, Andreas Ihle, Pedro Campos, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00966-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13102-024-00966-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Muscle strength and balance abilities have been related to game performance injury prevention. This study aimed to (1)  assess knee muscle strength performance based on intra- and inter-limb asymmetries, (2)  investigate the relationships between knee muscle strength, body composition, and balance, and (3) analyze the variance in the overall stability index (OSI) explained by knee muscle strength indicators after controlling for age and body composition.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample included 104 young male soccer players (16.0 ± 1.6 years). Body composition, knee muscle strength, and balance ability were assessed. A paired samples t-test was used to examine differences between the preferred leg (PL) and the non-preferred leg (NPL). Pearson correlations and hierarchical multiple regression were conducted to explore the relationships between strength, body composition, and balance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant inter-limb asymmetries were detected for the knee flexors (KF) and knee extensors (KE) performance. The hamstrings-to-quadriceps ratio does not suggest the existence of intra-limb asymmetries (p = 0.06). Significant and negative correlations were found between KF (r = -0.38, p ≤ 0.01) and KE (r = -0.58, p ≤ 0.01) for the PL. Concerning the NPL, KE also revealed a significant and negative relationship with balance (r = -0.30, p ≤ 0.01). Significant and positive relationships were found between bodyweight, fat-free mass, and balance. After controlling for age and body composition, knee muscle strength could explain between 13% and 30% of the variance observed in the OSI (NPL and PL, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results underline knee muscle strength as an important predictor of balance. Thus, training programs targeting knee muscle strength development should be considered during the season periodization by coaches and their staff throughout the players' developmental stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11443753/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a real-time cardiac telerehabilitation and tele coaching programme using wearable devices in people with a recent myocardial infarction.","authors":"A Mitropoulos, Μ Anifanti, G Koukouvou, Α Ntovoli, K Alexandris, Evangelia Kouidi","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00992-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13102-024-00992-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) constitutes the recommended nonpharmacological approach for cardiac patients with cardiovascular disease such as people following a recent (i.e., < 4 week) myocardial infarction (MI). Recent evidence suggests that cardiac telerehabilitation may be as effective as traditional (i.e., in person) CR in people following a recent MI. Nevertheless, the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of such an exercise programme has yet to be examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-four (11 women, 33 men) people following a recent MI were randomly allocated into two groups (online home-based and gym-based groups). The groups underwent a 24-week CR programme thrice per week. All patients performed the baseline, and 24 weeks follow up measurements where feasibility, acceptability, and safety were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eligibility and recruitment rates were found to be 61.5% and 42%, respectively. Compliance to the thrice weekly, 24-week exercise programme for the online- and gym-based groups were 91.6% and 90.9%, respectively. There were no dropouts during the exercise programmes, however four participants, two from each group, were lost to follow up at 6 months. The average percentage of peak HR (% HR_peak) for the online group was 66.6% ± 4.5 and for the gym-based group was 67.2% ± 5. The average RPE and affect during exercise was for both groups 12 ± 1 (\"somewhat hard\") and 3 ± 1 (\"good\"), respectively. During the 6-month exercise intervention period for both groups, the exercise-induced symptoms were minimal to none. The user suitability evaluation questionnaire revealed that the online real time telerehabilitation and tele coaching programme was enjoyable (4.85 ± 0.37) and did not induce general discomfort (1.20 ± 0.41).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our cardiac telerehabilitation programme seems to be feasible, acceptable, safe, and enjoyable for people with a recent MI. Our participants had an overall positive experience and acceptability of the cardiac telerehabilitation and tele coaching using wearable devices.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrial.gov, ID NCT06071273, 10/02/2023, retrospectively registered.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11443730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mind the intention-behavior gap: a qualitative study of post-myocardial infarction patients' beliefs and experiences with long-term supervised and self-monitored physical exercise.","authors":"Alexander Svenningsen, Sylvia Söderström, Silvana Bucher Sandbakk, Lars Gullestad, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Ulrik Wisløff, Siri Marte Hollekim-Strand","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00987-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00987-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Many post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients struggle with physical activity behavior change (BC) for life-long secondary prevention. There is limited knowledge about factors influencing long-term physical activity BC among post-MI patients. This qualitative study aimed to explore the beliefs and experiences related to post-MI patients' physical activity BC process following a year's participation in a supervised and self-monitored exercise program: the Norwegian Trial of Physical Exercise After MI (NorEx).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a qualitative study, performing in-depth semi-structured interviews with a randomly selected sample of NorEx participants when they were scheduled for cardiopulmonary exercise testing after one year of participation. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and the data was analyzed by applying reflexive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen participants (n = 4 female [24%]; median age, 61 years; median time since index MI, 4 years) were recruited and interviewed once. Analysis resulted in four main themes (nine sub-themes): (1) Personal responsibility to exercise (Exercise is safe, Health benefits, Habitual exercise); (2) Peer social support for a sense of safety and belonging (Social exercise, Supervision is preferred); (3) Research participation transformed exercise beliefs (High-intensity exercise is superior, Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) promotes exercise adherence); and (4) Mind the intention-behavior gap (Initial anxiety, Lack of continued follow-up).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Several participants reported that they were able to maintain exercise BC during a year's participation in NorEx. Nevertheless, a perceived lack of continued and individualized follow-up made some participants struggle with motivation and self-regulation, leading to an intention-behavior gap. Therefore, our findings suggest there is a need for individualized and continued social support and supervision from health and exercise professionals to maintain long-term exercise BC for secondary prevention among post-MI patients.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>The NorEx study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04617639, registration date 2020-10-21).</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11437989/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aerobic exercise and cognitive function in chronic severe traumatic brain injury survivors: a within-subject A-B-A intervention study.","authors":"Lidia Pérez López, Margalida Coll-Andreu, Meritxell Torras-Garcia, Manel Font-Farré, Guillermo R Oviedo, Lluis Capdevila, Myriam Guerra-Balic, Isabel Portell-Cortés, David Costa-Miserachs, Timothy P Morris","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00993-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00993-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Following acute and sub-acute rehabilitation from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), minimal to no efficacious interventions to treat ongoing cognitive deficits are available. Aerobic exercise is a non-invasive behavioral intervention with promise to treat cognitive deficits in TBI populations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Six individuals, aged 24-62 years, with chronic (> 8 months since injury) severe (Glasgow Coma Scale of 3-8) TBI were recruited from two outpatient rehabilitation centers. In an A-B-A study design, 20-weeks of supervised aerobic exercise interventions were delivered three times per week (phase B) in addition to participants typical rehabilitation schedules (phases A). The effect of phase B was tested on a trail making test part B (primary outcome measure of executive function) as well as objective daily physical activity (PA), using both group level (linear mixed effect models) and single subject statistics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five of six participants increased trail-making test part B by more than 10% pre-to-post phase B, with three of six making a clinically meaningful improvement (+ 1SD in normative scores). A significant main effect of time was seen with significant improvement in trail-making test part B pre-to-post exercise (phase B). No significant effects in other planned comparisons were found. Statistically significant increases in daily moderate-to-vigorous PA were also seen during phase B compared to phase A with three of six individuals making a significant behaviour change.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The addition of supervised aerobic exercise to typical rehabilitation strategies in chronic survivors of severe TBI can improve executive set shifting abilities and increase voluntary daily PA levels.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Retrospective trial registration on July 11 2024 with trial number: ISRCTN17487462.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"201"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11438162/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of the PROFIT-BR exercise program on physical fitness of children: a protocol study.","authors":"Augusto Pedretti, Adroaldo Cezar Araujo Gaya, Júlio Brugnara Mello, Anelise Reis Gaya","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00990-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00990-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Considering that school environments are important and have the potential to promote an active lifestyle with direct impacts on physical, motor, cognitive, affective, and psychological aspects, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a physical exercise program in the school context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A parallel, two-arm experimental research project carried out over 19 weeks, with two non-consecutive weekly classes of 60 min, with the inclusion of PROFIT-BR in the initial 15 min of the class followed by 40 min based on specific physical education skills on indicators of physical fitness in children. Estimates of excess weight and visceral fat will be measured and assessed by body mass index and waist-to-height ratio, respectively, and cardiorespiratory fitness by performance in the six-minute run/walk test. Flexibility will be assessed by the sit and reach test; and muscle strength measured by the number of sit-ups in one minute. The 2 kg medicine ball throw and the horizontal jump will be used to measure upper and lower limb power, respectively, the square test used as a measure of agility, and the 20-meter run test used to measure speed. To analyze the differences between baseline and post-intervention values, repeated measures ANOVA adjusted for somatic maturation will be used. The magnitude of the effect size will be estimated by \"partial eta squared\". Statistical analyses will be carried out using SPSS version 24.0 software and a 5% probability of error in the analyses will be accepted.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The main theoretical assumption of the proposal is the cause-and-effect relationship between the regular practice of physical exercise in childhood and adolescence and several parameters of health and motor performance. The elaborated program has a lot of applicability because it was wondering from the perspective of the school, in terms of materials, space, and objectives of physical education.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"203"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11438169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of six-week regular stretching exercises on regional and distant pain sensitivity: an experimental longitudinal study on healthy adults.","authors":"Morten Pallisgaard Støve, Janus Laust Thomsen, Stig Peter Magnusson, Allan Riis","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00995-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00995-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Stretching exercises are widely used for pain relief and show positive effects on musculoskeletal, nociplastic and neuropathic pain; the magnitude of altered pain sensitivity responses following regular stretching is currently unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effect of six weeks of regular stretching exercise on regional and widespread pain sensitivity and range of motion and the effect of stretching cessation on regional and widespread pain sensitivity and range of motion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An experimental single-blind longitudinal repeated measures study. Twenty-six healthy adults were recruited. Regional and distant pressure pain thresholds and passive knee extension range of motion were measured at three points: before (baseline) and after six weeks (post-stretch) of daily bilateral hamstring stretching exercises and following four weeks of cessation (post-cessation) from stretching exercises.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants had a mean ± standard deviation (range) age of 23.8 ± 2.1 (21-30) years. There was a 36.7% increase in regional (p = 0.003), an 18.7% increase in distant pressure pain thresholds (p = 0.042) and a 3.6% increase in range of motion (p = 0.002) between baseline and post-stretch measures. No statistically significant differences were found for regional (p = 1.000) or distant pressure pain thresholds (p = 1.000), or range of motion (p = 1.000) between post-stretch and post-cessation. A 41.2% increase in distant pressure pain thresholds (p = 0.001), a 15.4% increase in regional pressure pain thresholds from baseline to post-cessation (p = 0.127) and a 3.6% increase in passive knee extension range of motion (p = 0.005) were found from baseline to post-cessation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Six weeks of regular stretching exercises significantly decreased regional and widespread pain sensitivity. Moreover, the results showed that the hypoalgesic effect of stretching on regional and widespread pain sensitivity persisted following four weeks of cessation. The results further support the rationale of adding stretching exercises to rehabilitation efforts for patients experiencing nociceptive, nociplastic, and neuropathic pain. However, further research is needed to investigate how the long-term effects of stretching exercises compare with no treatment in clinical populations.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>The trial was registered June 1st, 2021 at ClinicalTrials.gov (Trial registration number NCT04919681).</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11437648/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Retraction Note: Lessons from the Winter Paralympic Games disclosing the epidemiology of winter sports injury in paralytic athletes: a meta-analysis.","authors":"Fengyu Wu, Yitong Liu, Maohua Zhuang","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00994-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00994-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11425998/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142336679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Remote fitness assessment in younger and middle-aged to older adults: a comparison between laboratory- and videoconference-based assessment of selected measures of physical and cognitive fitness.","authors":"Paula Theobald, Fabian Herold, Thomas Gronwald, Notger G Müller","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00985-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00985-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Digital technologies can play an important role in improving the limited accessibility of healthcare services in rural regions (e.g., via remote assessment). However, whether remote fitness assessments (RFA) of selected physical and cognitive fitness parameters are feasible both in younger and older persons and whether they can reproduce laboratory tests needs yet to be established. Thus, this study aimed to address this knowledge gap by investigating the feasibility, and reproducibility of RFA in younger and middle-aged to older adults (MOA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 31 younger adults and 32 MOAs participated in this study. At an interval of seven days, laboratory-based and remote assessments (via videoconferencing software) were conducted which included the quantification of the following parameters: (i) measurement of heart rate variability [HRV]; followed by (ii) cognitive testing to examine the level of attention, executive functions (oral Trail Making Test [A and B]), working memory, verbal short-term memory (digit span memory test and word list test (immediate recall)) and episodic memory (word list test (delayed recall)); followed by (iii) physical fitness assessments including performance tests of balance (balance test), functional strength ability of the lower limbs (5-time-sit-to-stand-test) and endurance capacity (3-min step test). Parameters of absolute and relative reliability were determined to assess the reproducibility of the laboratory-based and remote assessments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The selected physical and cognitive fitness parameters showed moderate to excellent relative reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.52-0.95). The parameters of absolute reliability (Bland-Altman plot and standard error of measurement [SEM]) provide evidence for good reproducibility of HRV parameters and measures of physical fitness, whereas measures of cognitive fitness showed moderate to good reproducibility. On a descriptive level, the absolute and relative reliability of the selected measures of physical and cognitive fitness did not vary as a function of participants' age.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest that RFA of selected measures of physical and cognitive fitness is feasible and reproduces corresponding laboratory results to a moderate to excellent level in both younger adults and MOA. Data showed that the reproducibility of laboratory-based and remote assessments is not influenced by the age of the participants. These findings support the use of digital technologies to improve the accessibility of healthcare services (e.g., in remote areas). However, as the reproducibility varies considerably across the different parameters, further studies are needed to evaluate the effects of an optimised standardisation of the remote assessments and confounding factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"198"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11426110/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Male football players have better patient-reported outcomes after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction compared with females.","authors":"Anne Fältström, Martin Hägglund, Joanna Kvist","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00996-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00996-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sex differences in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are not well investigated after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in football players. The aim was to study sex differences in player-related factors, ACL injury characteristics and PROs after primary ACL reconstruction in football players.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional cohort study a survey was sent to 390 male and 403 female football players who were injured when playing football and had undergone a primary ACL reconstruction in the previous 1-3 years. Player-related factors, ACL injury characteristics, and PROs covering knee function, satisfaction with activity level and knee function, and readiness to return to sport were compared between male and females. The questionnaires International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Evaluation Form (IKDC-SKF), Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), ACL-Quality of Life (ACL-QoL) and ACL-Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety males (23%) and 283 (70%) females answered the survey, 65 males and 198 females fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Males had returned to football to a higher degree (77% vs 59%, p = 0.008) at any time after ACL reconstruction, but at the time of the survey, an equal number of males and females played football (55% vs 47%, p = 0.239) and had similar activity level according to the Tegner Activity Score (median, 9; interquartile range [IQR], 7, vs median, 8; IQR, 7; p = 0.740). Males were more satisfied with their knee function and activity level and rated higher scores in the IKDC-SKF (mean ± standard deviation, 83 ± 16 vs 76 ± 16, p = 0.006), KOOS Sport/Recreation (79 ± 19 vs 72 ± 22, p = 0.034), KOOS Quality of Life (73 ± 22 vs 64 ± 20, p = 0.008), ACL-QoL (7.6 ± 2 vs 6.8 ± 1.8, p = 0.008), and ACL-RSI (6.7 ± 2.1 vs 5.5 ± 2.3, p < 0.001) than females (all with small - medium effect sizes).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Male football players reported more favourable results than females in patient-reported knee function, satisfaction with activity level and knee function, knee-related quality of life and psychological readiness to return to sport 1-3 years after ACL reconstruction. The results contribute to a better understanding of the eventual effect of patient sex on outcomes after ACL reconstruction in football players. However, the clinical importance of these differences is unclear.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"199"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11426077/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mental health symptom burden in elite ice hockey players and its association with self-reported concussive events.","authors":"Mitchell J Andersson, Göran Kenttä, Emma Claesdotter-Knutsson, Anders Håkansson","doi":"10.1186/s13102-024-00989-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13102-024-00989-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Some studies suggest that elite athletes experience adverse mental health symptoms at rates commensurate with the general population, despite the well-established buffering effects of exercise. Within contact sports, such as ice-hockey, recurrent concussions may be a source of this discrepancy. We compared the point prevalence of various mental health outcomes with other athlete and general population samples, as well as investigated their relationship with concussive events.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We surveyed 648 active ice hockey players from the top two men's tiers and the top women's tier in Swedish elite ice hockey on lifetime concussive events, hazardous alcohol use, problematic social media use, depression, anxiety, and burnout.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Hazardous alcohol use was more prevalent among male ice hockey players (29.5% AUDIT-C ≥ 6) compared to other athlete and general population samples, while other mental health symptoms were less common. Female ice hockey players reported higher hazardous alcohol consumption (36.4% AUDIT-C ≥ 4) than another athlete sample and more burnout (19.1%) than the general population. After adjusting for covariates, athletes with 3+ concussive events had 2.1 times the odds of elevated depressive symptoms and 3.5 times the odds of elevated burnout symptoms compared to those with no concussion history. Treating lifetime concussive events as a continuous predictor revealed positive correlations with all outcomes except for hazardous alcohol use.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mental health outcome rates among active elite ice hockey athletes differ from those of other athlete and general population samples, whilst concussive events may be particularly linked to elevated symptoms of depression and burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":48585,"journal":{"name":"BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation","volume":"16 1","pages":"197"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11421113/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142308839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}