Karim Chamari, Wissem Dhahbi, Izzeldin Ibrahim, Hala Al Ali, Khalifa Al Kuwari, Jallal Toufiq
{"title":"Precision exercise prescription for substance use disorders: a sports medicine framework for tailoring therapeutic protocols to substance type and psychological phenotype.","authors":"Karim Chamari, Wissem Dhahbi, Izzeldin Ibrahim, Hala Al Ali, Khalifa Al Kuwari, Jallal Toufiq","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-111818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-111818","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148988185","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}
Avery D Faigenbaum, James P MacDonald, Arnaldo Mortatti, Emilio Villa-González, Tamara Rial Rebullido
{"title":"The strength-risk continuum: reframing muscular weakness as a clinically relevant risk marker.","authors":"Avery D Faigenbaum, James P MacDonald, Arnaldo Mortatti, Emilio Villa-González, Tamara Rial Rebullido","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148988253","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}
Kentaro Yamagata, Silvia Castelletti, Tee Joo Yeo, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Sarandeep Marwaha, Raghav T Bhatia, Dan Augustine, Michael Bowes, Paul Clift, Robert M Cooper, Antoinette Kenny, Tracey Keteepe-Arachi, David Oxborough, Kiran Patel, Dhrubo Rakhit, David Ripley, Tristan Ramcharan, Georgina K Stebbings, Amanda M Varnava, John Walsh, Zaheer Yousef, Charlotte M Cowie, Jamie S McPhee, Jonathan A Drezner, Sanjay Sharma, Aneil Malhotra
{"title":"Prevalence and significance of anterior T-wave inversion in elite football players in the United Kingdom.","authors":"Kentaro Yamagata, Silvia Castelletti, Tee Joo Yeo, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Sarandeep Marwaha, Raghav T Bhatia, Dan Augustine, Michael Bowes, Paul Clift, Robert M Cooper, Antoinette Kenny, Tracey Keteepe-Arachi, David Oxborough, Kiran Patel, Dhrubo Rakhit, David Ripley, Tristan Ramcharan, Georgina K Stebbings, Amanda M Varnava, John Walsh, Zaheer Yousef, Charlotte M Cowie, Jamie S McPhee, Jonathan A Drezner, Sanjay Sharma, Aneil Malhotra","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The \"athlete anterior repolarisation pattern\", characterised by J-point elevation with ascending convex ST-segments and anterior T-wave inversion (ATWI) confined to leads V<sub>1</sub>-V<sub>4</sub>, has been considered a normal finding in athletes of Black ethnicity (African-Caribbean descent). This repolarisation pattern was considered to potentially represent an underlying cardiomyopathy in non-Black athletes although recent studies have challenged this. We assessed the prevalence and significance of ATWI among professional Black and non-Black football players in the UK.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Athletes underwent pre-participation screening (2017-2024), including a health questionnaire, a 12-lead ECG and an echocardiogram. ATWI was defined as TWI confined to leads V<sub>1</sub> to V<sub>3</sub> or V<sub>4</sub>. Ethnicity was categorised as Black or non-Black.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>10 955 athletes were studied, comprising 9009 (82.2%) males and 1946 (17.8%) females. 2372 (21.7%) athletes were of Black ethnicity and 8583 (78.3%) were non-Black. Black athletes were marginally younger (18.3±3.8 vs 19.2±4.7 years; p<0.001). ATWI was observed in 255 (10.8%) Black athletes versus 115 (1.3%) non-Black athletes (p<0.001). ATWI was more common in Black males compared with females (251 (11.0%) vs 4 (4.3%); p=0.04). Among non-Black athletes, ATWI was less common in males (81 (1.2%) males vs 34 (1.8%) females; p=0.04). The \"athlete anterior repolarisation pattern\" was present in 245 (10.3%) Black athletes and 42 (0.5%) non-Black athletes (p<0.001). None of the Black athletes with ATWI exhibited major cardiac pathology, whereas one (0.9%) non-Black athlete with ATWI and isoelectric ST-segments was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The \"athlete anterior repolarisation pattern\" was 20 times more common in Black athletes than in non-Black athletes. However, this repolarisation pattern was not associated with major pathology in either Black or non-Black athletes in this UK screening cohort. By contrast, the only cardiomyopathy identified in an athlete with any ATWI occurred in a non-Black athlete with isoelectric ST-segments extending to V<sub>4</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148988215","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}
Clément Le Viennesse, Mildred Loiseau Taupin, Thibault Deschamps
{"title":"Expanding the picture of driver performance in motorsport: a more in-depth look at the cognitive demands of racing.","authors":"Clément Le Viennesse, Mildred Loiseau Taupin, Thibault Deschamps","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-111885","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-111885","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148886394","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}
Alexandre Lavigne, Brennan J Boettcher, Michael Khadavi, Levon N Nazarian, Olivier Marès, Mathieu Boudier-Revéret, Toru Omodani, Walter I Sussman
{"title":"Ultrasound-guided surgery in musculoskeletal care: a framework for responsible integration.","authors":"Alexandre Lavigne, Brennan J Boettcher, Michael Khadavi, Levon N Nazarian, Olivier Marès, Mathieu Boudier-Revéret, Toru Omodani, Walter I Sussman","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112612","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148988218","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}
Andrew J Atkin, Areekul Amornsriwatanakul, Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla, Aiden Doherty, Alex Antonio Florindo, Rahman Jamal, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Karen Milton, Borja Del Pozo Cruz, Kirsten L Rennie, Lauren B Sherar, Caradee Y Wright, Lisa K Micklesfield
{"title":"POWER: Unlocking the potential of wearables for population health research in low-resource settings.","authors":"Andrew J Atkin, Areekul Amornsriwatanakul, Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla, Aiden Doherty, Alex Antonio Florindo, Rahman Jamal, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Karen Milton, Borja Del Pozo Cruz, Kirsten L Rennie, Lauren B Sherar, Caradee Y Wright, Lisa K Micklesfield","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-111894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-111894","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148988241","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":"Hamstring recovery after repeated-sprints, football match play and flywheel eccentric loading: 72 hours may not be enough (PhD Academy Award).","authors":"Pedro L Cosio","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112417","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148988109","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}
Anthony Michael Nasser, Max Edward Hopes, Alison Grimaldi
{"title":"Tendon investment framework: a new communication model for navigating load, symptoms and behaviour in tendinopathy.","authors":"Anthony Michael Nasser, Max Edward Hopes, Alison Grimaldi","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148982412","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":"Treatable traits: expanding our approach to the assessment of breathlessness in athletes.","authors":"James H Hull, Hege Clemm","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148982455","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":"Improving management of hip osteoarthritis: total hip arthroplasty or exercise? (PhD Academy Award).","authors":"Thomas Frydendal","doi":"10.1136/bjsports-2026-112600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2026-112600","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9276,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Sports Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148905107","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}