{"title":"Reconsidering the life-course implications of relative energy deficiency in sport on pregnancy outcomes","authors":"Beulah Joy K. Damasco, Ma. Algerica T. Cuenco","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"248 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tasuku Terada, Tim Kambic, Takumi Noda, Genki Kai, Rod S Taylor, Jennifer L Reed, Kentaro Kamiya
{"title":"Combined strength and aerobic training vs. aerobic training alone in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Tasuku Terada, Tim Kambic, Takumi Noda, Genki Kai, Rod S Taylor, Jennifer L Reed, Kentaro Kamiya","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147502000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Max H Andrews,Anoosha Pai S,Reed D Gurchiek,Paul W Hodges,Glen A Lichtwark,Scott L Delp,Patricio A Pincheira
{"title":"Adaptations in biceps femoris long-head muscle-tendon mechanics during the Nordic hamstring exercise in response to 9 weeks of training.","authors":"Max H Andrews,Anoosha Pai S,Reed D Gurchiek,Paul W Hodges,Glen A Lichtwark,Scott L Delp,Patricio A Pincheira","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101134","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDProlonged Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) training reduces hamstring injury risk, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study examined how NHE training alters biceps femoris long-head (BFlh) muscle-tendon unit (MTU) mechanics during the exercise, focusing on how muscle adaptations influence fascicle and sarcomere lengths during the NHE after training.METHODSTwelve recreationally active participants completed 9 weeks of supervised NHE training and 3 weeks of detraining. Knee flexor torque was measured using ankle-mounted load cells and estimated from the knee joint moment arm. BFlh fascicle lengths were assessed during the NHE using dual-transducer ultrasound, and MTU length was estimated from joint angles using markerless motion capture. Sarcomere lengths during the NHE were estimated using instantaneous BFlh fascicle length and previously calculated serial sarcomere numbers. Linear mixed-effects models analyzed changes between pre-training, post-training, and post-detraining.RESULTSNine weeks of NHE training increased peak knee flexor torque by 40% (previously reported), enabling 37% greater knee extension (p = 0.012) and 4% longer MTU lengths at peak torque during the NHE (p = 0.001). BFlh fascicles reached 25% longer lengths during the NHE at peak torque after training (p < 0.001), while estimated active sarcomere lengths at peak torque were unchanged (p = 0.266). Following 3 weeks of detraining, knee flexor torque decreased by 6% (previously reported) and fascicle lengths at peak torque decreased by 14% (p < 0.001), while MTU length (p = 0.578) and estimated active sarcomere length (p = 0.753) at peak torque during the NHE did not significantly change compared to post-training.CONCLUSIONDespite the longer fascicle lengths during the NHE after training, estimated active sarcomere length during the NHE relative to optimal sarcomere length remained similar, consistent with the addition of sarcomeres in series, which may contribute to the protective effects of NHE training.","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"11 1","pages":"101134"},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147489851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter J Gianaros,Lu Wan,Mia K DeCataldo,Cristina Molina Hidalgo,Mark R Scudder,George Grove,Abigail Shell,Chae Ryon Kang,E Lydia Wu-Chung,Anna L Marsland,Thomas W Kamarck,Javier Rasero,Kirk I Erickson
{"title":"Effects of a year-long aerobic exercise intervention on neuroendocrine, autonomic, and neural correlates of stress, emotion, and cardiovascular disease risk in midlife adults.","authors":"Peter J Gianaros,Lu Wan,Mia K DeCataldo,Cristina Molina Hidalgo,Mark R Scudder,George Grove,Abigail Shell,Chae Ryon Kang,E Lydia Wu-Chung,Anna L Marsland,Thomas W Kamarck,Javier Rasero,Kirk I Erickson","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101135","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSETest whether an aerobic exercise intervention that improves cardiorespiratory fitness reduces (a) biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and (b) indicators of stress- and emotion-related neuroendocrine, autonomic, and neural activity.METHODSIn a preregistered 12-month clinical trial, 130 healthy adults aged 26 to 58 years (mean age = 41.4 years; 67.7% female) were randomized to (a) a 150 min per week of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise group or (b) health-information control group. Intervention effects were examined for: (a) cardiometabolic and vascular risk factors (triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, glycosylated hemoglobin, pulse-wave velocity); (b) indicators of neuroendocrine and autonomic activity (hair cortisol, heart rate variability); (c) biomarkers of systemic and vascular inflammation (interleukin-6, intercellular adhesion molecule-1); and (d) neural, cardiovascular, and subjective responses to functional magnetic resonance imaging stressor and emotion task paradigms.RESULTSThere were 41 and 40 participants in the exercise and control groups, respectively, who completed follow-up assessments. In planned intention-to-treat analyses using generalized linear mixed models, a group-by-time interaction indicated that the exercise group exhibited a decrease from baseline to follow-up relative to the control group in hair cortisol (Between-Group Difference = -0.62; 95% confidence interval (95%CI): -1.14 to -0.10, p(False Discovery Rate) = 0.039). This reduction was also observed in per protocol analyses. No other effects on remaining outcomes were consistently observed in planned and per protocol analyses.CONCLUSIONA 12-month moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise intervention that improved cardiorespiratory fitness also reduced the stress-related biomarker, hair cortisol, but not other indicators of psychological stress and negative emotion processes implicated in CVD risk.","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"51 1","pages":"101135"},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147483383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia M. Rusu, Okka Htin Aung, Andrea Y. Chan, Yuqin Wu, Maria Almira S. Cleofe, Adam J. Trewin, Saveen Giri, Ashish Foollee, Saori A. Flores, Moyra B. Lemus, Erika Greaves, Susanne Hille, Garron T. Dodd, Meagan J. McGrath, Oliver J. Müller, Aneta Stefanidis, Adam J. Rose
{"title":"A nutrient-hormone axis pivots an energy trade-off between resting thermogenesis and movement expenditure","authors":"Patricia M. Rusu, Okka Htin Aung, Andrea Y. Chan, Yuqin Wu, Maria Almira S. Cleofe, Adam J. Trewin, Saveen Giri, Ashish Foollee, Saori A. Flores, Moyra B. Lemus, Erika Greaves, Susanne Hille, Garron T. Dodd, Meagan J. McGrath, Oliver J. Müller, Aneta Stefanidis, Adam J. Rose","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101132","url":null,"abstract":"The biological reason why mammals increase daily energy expenditure when consuming a protein-dilute diet is currently enigmatic. Recognizing that body weight is a chief determinant of movement economy, we hypothesized that there is an interaction between dietary protein dilution-induced resting energy expenditure and subsequent effects on body weight and energy expenditure during physical activity.","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147392582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhi Cao, John Dickinson, Mark A. Faghy, Sitong Chen, Michael Duncan, Binghong Gao, Meng Liu
{"title":"Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in elite Chinese summer sport athletes","authors":"Zhi Cao, John Dickinson, Mark A. Faghy, Sitong Chen, Michael Duncan, Binghong Gao, Meng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101131","url":null,"abstract":"Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a prevalent respiratory condition among summer sport elite athletes, yet epidemiological data from Asian populations remain scarce. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence, sport-specific patterns, and physiological characteristics of EIB in Chinese summer sport elite athletes.","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146208842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raven Chriscendo Schippers, Barry Andrews, Romain Meeusen, Evert Verhagen, Jo Verschueren, Bruno Tassignon, Lloyd Leach
{"title":"Sports injury surveillance practices and data collection methods in university student athletes: A systematic review.","authors":"Raven Chriscendo Schippers, Barry Andrews, Romain Meeusen, Evert Verhagen, Jo Verschueren, Bruno Tassignon, Lloyd Leach","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Injury surveillance is essential for the safety and protection of athletes' health. Consistent data collection methods are needed in sports injury surveillance and reporting. This systematic review aimed to identify the injury surveillance practices and data collection methods in university student athletes and to evaluate the extent to which these injury surveillance practices and data collection methods align with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review was conducted to identify studies describing injury surveillance practices and data collection methods in university student athletes. Studies not describing university injury surveillance or that described non-athlete populations were excluded, as well as case-control, cross-sectional, retrospective cohort studies, interventions, reviews, grey literature, and non-primary research. Four databases (PubMed, SPORTDiscus, Scopus, and Web of Science) were searched from January 2000 to August 2024. Potential references were recorded through Mendeley and exported to Covidence. Two reviewers (RCS and JV) independently screened studies and assessed risk of bias using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. References were managed using Mendeley and Covidence. Data were analyzed descriptively, synthesized, and summarized.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 11,188 records were identified. After screening the titles, abstracts, and full texts, 50 were eligible for the systematic review. The studies were conducted across 9 countries and included a total number of 11,182 participants. Fifty-four percent of the included studies used a time-loss definition of injury, while an athletic trainer recorded the injury data (62%), and an electronic tool/web system was used to collect injury data (30%). Only 3 studies aligned with the IOC consensus statement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This review highlighted the necessity for consistent, standardized injury surveillance practices and data collection methods in university sport. Only 3 of the included studies adhered to the IOC consensus statement, which provides a methodological framework to guide injury surveillance with appropriate contextual adaptation to facilitate injury prevention at the university level.</p>","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":" ","pages":"101130"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13254386/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146208154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on “Relationship of strength training lifetime exposure with functional outcomes and mobility over 4 years: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative”","authors":"Jiang Zhu, Lunyu Li, Jinyu Feng, Liangjun Mou","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101129","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"211 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146152664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on “Exercise-induced extracellular vesicles delay tumor development by igniting inflammation in an immunologically cold triple-negative breast cancer mouse model”","authors":"Ying Tao, Xin Zhou, Qinglu Wang, Xiuxiu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2026.101128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48897,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Health Science","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146089518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}