Biology of Sport

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Recreational 3 × 3 basketball elicits higher heart rate, enjoyment, and physical activity intensities but lower blood lactate and perceived exertion compared to HIIT in active young adults	315
Internal and external load during 8 v 8, 5 v 5 and 3 v 3 in Chinese elite youth male football players	43
Large-scale sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar with an analysis of patterns of COVID-19 metrics	35
Mpox in sports: A comprehensive framework for anticipatory planning and risk mitigation in football based on lessons from COVID-19	32
A comparison in knee flexor and extensor strength following ACL reconstruction in international, male soccer players receiving patellar tendon or hamstrings grafts	31
Effect of 3 and 6 mg/kg of caffeine on fat oxidation during exercise in healthy active women	29
Fatigue score as a promising complementing training monitoring tool: a pilot study in elite rugby sevens players	28
Injury incidence and risk factors in youth soccer players: a systematic literature review. Part II: Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors	28
Caffeine-carbohydrate mouth-rinsing counter-acts an observed negative effect of mouth-rinsing procedure during sprint-endurance training performance in fasted athletes: A pilot study	27
Ramadan intermittent fasting induced poorer training practices during the COVID-19 lockdown: A global cross-sectional study with 5529 athletes from 110 countries	25
Effects of light- vs. heavy-load squat training on velocity, strength, power, and total mechanical work in recreationally trained men and women	25
Tell me how much your opponent team runs and I will tell you how much you should run: A predictive model applied to Spanish high-level football	24
Laboratory-based determinants of simulated time trial performance in cyclists	22
Effects of recreational team sports on the metabolic health, body composition and physical fitness parameters of overweight and obese populations: A systematic review	21
Do small-sided games prepare players for the worst-case scenarios of match play in elite young soccer players?	21
Different pitch configurations constrain the external and internal loads of young professional soccer players during transition games	21
The influence of menstrual cycle phase on neuromuscular performance and subjective perception of effort in elite football players	20
Contextualized high-speed running and sprinting during English Premier League match-play with reference to possession, positional demands and opponent ranking	20
Female football players’ key physical qualities: playing-position specific comparison between national-team selected and non-selected players	19
Normative cardiorespiratory values in Italian first-division male soccer players: effects of age, playing position and season phase	19
Increased brain 1H-MRS glutamate and lactate signals following maximal aerobic capacity exercise in young healthy males: an exploratory study	19
Analysis of mental and physical fatigue over the course of a professional English Premier League season in outfield players	19
The effects of normobaric hypoxia on the leukocyte responses to resistance exercise	18
Fitness and fatness in children and adolescents: investigating their role in the association between physical activity and cardiometabolic health	18
A comparison of running and contact loads in U18 and U20 international rugby union competition	18

Running demands and activity profile of men’s rugby sevens: a tournament scenario	17
The comparison between foam rolling either combined with static or dynamic stretching on knee extensors’ function and structure	17
Predicting resting energy expenditure among athletes: a systematic review	17
Does the Paleo diet affect an athlete’s health and sport performance?	16
The influence of light and heavy training weeks on the cortisol and testosterone awakening responses of elite male judokas: is skeletal muscle damage a mediating factor?	15
Balancing the load: A narrative review with methodological implications of compensatory training strategies for non-starting soccer players	15
Do all matches require the same effort? Influence of contextual factors on physical demands during official female handball competitions	15
The importance of previous season performance on world-class 200- and 400-m individual medley swimming	15
Relative age effect across the talent identification process of youth female soccer players in the United States: Influence of birth year, position, biological maturation, and skill level	15
Analysing substitutions in recent World Cups and European Championships in male and female elite football – influence of new substitution rules	14
Biological maturation influences selection process in youth elite soccer players	14
A post-exercise infrared sauna session improves recovery of neuromuscular performance and muscle soreness after resistance exercise training	14
Machine learning application in soccer: a systematic review	13
Sex-specific response to whole-body vibration training: a randomized controlled trial	13
The selection advantages associated with advanced biological maturation vary according to playing position in national-level youth soccer	13
Perception and application of flywheel training by professional soccer practitioners	13
Testing variations between starters and substitute players in terms of total distance, high-speed running, and sprinting distance: a descriptive study on professional male soccer players	13
Caffeine supplementation improves physical performance without affecting fatigue level: a double-blind crossover study	13
A comprehensive assessment of caffeine’s effects on components of countermovement jump performance	13
Factors determining sports results in elite national volleyball teams between 2004 and 2016	12
The impact of EEG biofeedback training on the athletes’ motivation and bench press performance	12
Physical match performance of elite soccer players from the English Championship League and the English Premier League: The effects of opponent ranking and positional differences	12
A comparison of morning priming exercise using traditional-set and cluster-set configurations on afternoon explosive performance	12
Physical performance discriminating winning and losing in UEFA Champions League: a full-season study	12
Effects of carob rich-polyphenols on oxidative stress markers and physical performance in taekwondo athletes	12
Effects of linear versus curvilinear sprint training on multidirectional speed in young soccer players: a randomized parallel-group trial	11
Is there any relationship between match running, technical-tactical performance, and team success in professional soccer? A longitudinal study in the first and second divisions of LaLiga	11
Relationships between training dose and record power outputs in professional road cyclists: insights and threats to validity	11
Effect of goalkeepers’ offensive participation on team performance in the women Spanish La Liga: a multinomial logistic regression analysis	11
Relationship between aerobic fitness and metabolic power metrics in elite male soccer players	11
Substitute running outputs in elite youth male soccer players: less peak but greater relative running outputs	11
A novel multifactorial hamstring screening protocol: association with hamstring muscle injuries in professional football (soccer) – a prospective cohort study	11
Effects of squatting with elastic bands or conventional resistance - training equipment at different effort levels in post-exercise intraocular pressure of healthy men	11
Enhancing physical fitness using recreational soccer and basketball: A parallel-controlled 8-week study involving overweight and obese individuals, with consideration of sex-related interactions	11
Effects of 6 weeks in-season flywheel squat resistance training on strength, vertical jump, change of direction and sprint performance in professional female soccer players	11
An eight-weeks resistance training programme with elastic band increases some performance-related parameters in pubertal male volleyball players	11
Does beta-alanine supplementation enhance adaptations to resistance training? A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study	11
Does sodium bicarbonate based extra-cellular buffering support reduce high intensity exercise-induced fatigue and enhance short-term recovery assessed by selected blood biochemical indices?	11
The influence of match status on the conditional characteristics of tactical sprint actions in professional soccer players	11
Effectiveness of the Functional Movement Screen for assessment of injury risk occurrence in football players	10
Acute effects of foam rolling and dynamic stretching on angle-specific change of direction ability, flexibility and reactive strength in male basketball players	10
Monitoring training load in youth soccer players: effects of a six-week preparatory training program and the associations between external and internal loads	10
‘Setting the Benchmark’ Part 1: The Contextualised Physical Demands of Positional Roles in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022	10
Injury incidence and characteristics in adolescent female football players: A systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies	10
Quercetin supplementation promotes recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	9
Squat and countermovement jump performance across a range of loads: a comparison between Smith machine and free weight execution modes in elite sprinters	9
Analyzing soccer match sprint distances: A comparison of GPS-based absolute and relative thresholds	9
Establishing reference values for tensiomyography-derived parameters in soccer players: insights from a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression	9
The positional demands of explosive actions in elite soccer: Comparison of English Premier League and French Ligue 1	9
Is moderate-intensity interval training more tolerable than high-intensity interval training in adults with obesity?	9

Influence of anthropometric, ball impact and landing location parameters on serve velocity in elite tennis competition	9
Movement patterns and player load: insights from professional padel	9
Effects of vitamin D3 supplementation on oxidative stress and antioxidant enzyme after strenuous endurance exercise in healthy young men: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	9
Physiological responses after two different Crossfit workouts	9
Predictors of linear sprint performance in professional football players	9
Dose-response and time-lagged effect of daily training load on athlete well-being during an international rugby series	9
Comparison of NIRS exercise intensity thresholds with maximal lactate steady state, critical power and rowing performance	9
Recovery following the extra-time period of soccer: practitioner perspectives and applied practices	8
Effects of changing the head coach on soccer team’s performance: A systematic review	8
Acute effects of different external compression with blood flow restriction on force-velocity profile during squat and bench press exercises	8
Effect of training load on sleep parameters and biochemical fatigue markers in elite swimmers	8
Effects of plyometric jump training on soccer player’s balance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials	8
Validation of session ratings of perceived exertion for quantifying training load in karate kata sessions	8
One hour of internal precooling with cold water/menthol enhances cycling performance in a heat/wet stress environment: A pilot study	8
Effects of contemporary cryo-compression on post-training performance in elite academy footballers	8
Limb-belt resisted sprint training improves physical fitness and ball-throw velocity in pubertal handball players	8
The effects of training type and area size variations on the physiological and session rating of perceived exertion responses during male judo matches	8
Playing position and match location affect the number of high-intensity efforts more than the quality of the opposition in elite football players	8
Genetic characteristics of competitive swimmers: a review	8
High fat diet improves metabolic flexibility during progressive exercise to exhaustion (VO 2 max testing) and during 5km running time trials	8
Global disease burden attributed to low physical activity in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study	8
Combined training is not superior to strength and aerobic training to mitigate cardiovascular risk in adult healthy men	7
Level of anxiety and results of psychomotor tests in young soccer players of different performance levels	7
Association between polymorphism rs6295 of HTR1A serotonin receptor gene and personality traits among athletes of combat sport	7
Sodium bicarbonate and beta-alanine supplementation: Is combining both better than either alone? A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Hamstring muscle architecture and myotonometer measurements in elite professional football players with a prior strained hamstring	7
Effects of playing 1 vs 3 matches in a one-week period on physical performance in young soccer players	7
Biological maturity vs. relative age: Independent impact on physical performance in male and female youth handball players	7
Genetic profile of sports climbing athletes from three different ethnicities	7
Top-class women’s soccer performance: peak demands and distribution of the match activities relative to maximal intensities during official matches	7
Effectiveness of short vs. long-distance sprint training on sprinting and agility performance in young soccer players	7
A longitudinal analysis of technical-tactical and physical performance of the teams in the Spanish LaLiga Santander: An eight-season study	7
Effect of alterations in whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) exposure on post-match recovery markers in elite Premier League soccer players	7
Application of acute pre-exercise partial-body cryotherapy promotes jump performance, salivary-amylase and athlete readiness	7
A comparison of the physical demands generated by playing different opponents in basketball friendly matches	7
Physical activity shifts gut microbiota structure in aged subjects with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome	7
Speed and power-related gene polymorphisms associated with playing position in elite soccer players	7
Ten-minute warm-up in hot climate best assists thermal comfort, muscular power output, and fatigue, during soccer-specific repeated-sprint ability	7
Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method	6
Body size, maturation and motor performance in young soccer players: relationship to technical actions in small-sided games	6
Are EFI data valuable? Evidence from the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage	6
Analysis and prediction of unforced errors in men’s and women’s professional padel	6
Effect of tissue flossing on eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage: A randomized controlled trial	6
Artificial intelligence in sport: Exploring the potential of using ChatGPT in resistance training prescription	6
Core training and performance: a systematic review with meta-analysis	6
Comparison of acute and prolonged effects of short-term foam rolling and vibration foam rolling on the properties of knee extensors	6
Position specific physical demands in different phases of competitive matches in national level women’s football	6
Analysis of FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup match performance according to match outcome and phase of the tournament	6
Training, psychometric status, biological markers and neuromuscular fatigue in soccer	6
Effect of training day, match, and length of the microcycle on workload periodization in professional soccer players: a full-season study	6
What are the sleep characteristics of elite female athletes? A systematic review with meta-analysis	6
Effects of 24 weeks of collagen supplementation in active adults: Impact on body composition, neuromuscular and cardiorespiratory fitness	5
Impact of evening blue light exposure timing on sleep, motor, and cognitive performance in young athletes with intermediate chronotype	5
Eccentric overload differences between loads and training variables on flywheel training	5
Comparison of the external load of professional goalkeepers in different weekly training sessions	5
Contextualised high-intensity running profiles of elite football players with reference to general and specialised tactical roles	5
The effect of diminished metabolic acidosis on thermoregulatory response during exercise	5
Training load responses to football game profile-based training (GPBT) formats: effects of locomotive demands manipulation	5
Is muscle stiffness a determinant for range of motion in the leg muscles?	5
Can different scores in first and second halves influence running and explosive-based measures?	5
Multi-phase, multi-ethnic GWAS uncovers putative loci in predisposition to elite sprint and power performance, health and disease	5
Reproducibility and quality of hypertrophy-related training plans generated by GPT-4 and Google Gemini as evaluated by coaching experts	5
Practices of strength and conditioning coaches in professional sports: a systematic review	5
Variability of internal and external loads and technical/tactical outcomes during small-sided soccer games: a systematic review	5
Different time course recovery of muscle oedema within the quadriceps femoris and functional performance after single- vs multi-joint exercises	5
Countermovement jump variables not tensiomyography can distinguish between sprint and endurance focused track cyclists.	5
Training elite youth soccer players: area per player in small-sided games to replicate the match demands	5
Unlocking dynamics of goal-scoring: the showdown between direct and indirect transition goals across football leagues	5
How different training sessions affect the sleep of professional soccer players	5
Genetic prediction of lower limb isometric strength changes after 12 weeks of resistance training	5
Mind, body, and shuttle: multidimensional benchmarks for talent identification in male youth badminton	5
The effect of two sessions of combined jump and sprint training per week on fitness parameters in soccer players. A randomized controlled trial	5
Drop jumps improve repeated sprint ability performances in professional basketball players	5
Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review	5
Quantifying training load and intensity in elite male ice hockey according to game-related contextual variables	4
Road to Paris 2024: force-velocity profile in different speed climbers’ abilities	4
Relationships between training load and wellbeing measures across a full season: a study of Turkish national youth wrestlers	4
Hamstring muscle injury is preceded by a short period of higher running demands in professional football players	4
Acute effects of resisted and assisted locomotor activation on sprint performance	4
The effect of basketball matches on salivary markers: a systematic review	4

Small-sided games in amateur players: rule modification with mini-goals to induce lower external load responses	4
Effects of a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme on submaximal exercise in Tunisian patients with long-COVID19: A randomized clinical trial	4
Erratum to: Effects of plyometric-based structured game active breaks on fundamental movement skills, muscular fitness, self-perception, and actual behaviour in primary school students	4
Effects of intensified training and tapering periods using different exercise modalities on judo-specific physical test performances	4
Effects of soy milk ingestion immediately after resistance training on muscular-related biomarkers in older males: a randomized controlled trial	4
Effects of re-warm-up protocols on the physical performance of soccer players: A systematic review with meta-analysis	4
Are acute player workloads associated with in-game performance in basketball?	4
Effects of ischaemic post-conditioning on eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage	4
Practices of strength and conditioning coaches in Brazilian elite soccer	4
Match running performance characterizing the most elite soccer match-play	4
Blood flow restriction as a post-exercise recovery strategy: A systematic review of the current status of the literature	4
Weekly external load distribution in football teams of different competitive levels	4
Characterizing microcycles’ workload when combining two days structure within single training sessions during congested fixtures in an elite male soccer team	4
Association between internal training load and muscle injuries in Brazilian professional soccer players	4
A comparison of activity demands between trial matches and in-season matches across multiple teams and seasons in semi-professional, male rugby league players	4
Evaluation of measurement reliability for selected indices of postural stability based on data from the GYKO Inertial Sensor System	4
Fractures in professional footballers: 7-years data from 106 team seasons in the Middle East	4
Elite young soccer players have smaller inter-limb asymmetry and better body composition than non-elite players	4
The relationship between internal and external loads as a tool to monitor physical fitness status of team sport athletes: a systematic review	4
Worst-case scenario analysis of physical demands in elite men handball players by playing position through big data analytics	4
The load-velocity relationship in the jump squat exercise	4
Changes of physical match performance after the COVID-19 lockdown in professional soccer players according to their playing position	4
Influence of contextual factors on most demanding scenarios in under-19 professional soccer players	4
Exercise intensity and reliability during recreational team handball training for 50–77-year-old unexperienced women	4
International matches elicit stable mechanical workload in high-level female ice hockey	3
Intra-unit reliability and movement variability of submission grappling external load as measured by torso mounted accelerometery	3
Utilisation of performance markers to establish the effectiveness of cold-water immersion as a recovery modality in elite football.	3
Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder among highly trained and elite female athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Physiological, technical, and time-motion responses according to small-sided game formats and pitch size variations in adolescent male soccer players: effects of biological maturity status	3
The type and extent of travel for professional footballers undertaking national team duties for a national football federation	3
Dietary nitrate supplementation very slightly mitigates the oxidative stress induced by high-intensity training performed in normobaric hypoxia	3
Internal workload in elite female football players during the whole in-season: starters vs non-starters	3
FIFA World Cup 2022: What can we learn from the inspiring Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held in COVID-19 times?	3
The effect of IL10 gene polymorphism on obesity parameters in highly physically active young men	3
Is Stryd critical power a meaningful parameter for runners?	3
Individual changes in neuromuscular performance in the Spanish women’s national football team throughout the 2023 World Cup	3
Impact of defensive team variables on goals conceded in the first division of the Spanish soccer league: a 10-year study	3
Management of proximal rectus femoris injuries – do we know what we’re doing?: A systematic review	3
Effect of a high-intensity short-duration cycling elevation training mask on VO2max and anaerobic power. A randomized controlled trial	3
Are fluctuations in physical performance affected by contextual factors in women’s handball matches? An analysis using five-minute fixed phases	3
Positional training demands in the English Premier League and English Championship. A longitudinal study across consecutive seasons	3
Between-match variation of peak match running intensities in elite football	3
A novel application of entropy analysis for assessing changes in movement variability during cumulative tackles in young elite rugby league players	3
Changes in anthropometric and fitness profile of Italian regional academy rugby union players	3
Predicting ratings of perceived exertion in youth soccer using decision tree models	3
Non-contact injury incidence in professional women’s football depends on the starting status of the player	3
Load distribution across weekly microcycles according to match schedule in a team competing in the Australian national A-League Women’s soccer competition	3
Effects of isoinertial or machine-based strength training on performance in tennis players	3
Physical demands during 3×3 international male and female basketball games are partially impacted by competition phase but not game outcome	3
Acute effects of motor learning models on technical efficiency in strength-coordination exercises: a comparative analysis of Olympic snatch biomechanics in beginners	3
A new perspective on cardiovascular function and dysfunction during endurance exercise: identifying the primary cause of cardiovascular risk	3
Tell me how and where you play football and I’ll tell you how much you have to run	3
Effects of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on match running performance in the Spanish professional soccer league: A pilot study	2
Changes in physical and technical match performance variables in football players promoted from the Spanish Second Division to the First Division	2
Effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack supplementation on eccentric leg press exercise-induced muscle damage in rugby players	2
A small switch in perspective: Comparing weight loss by nutrient balance versus caloric balance	2
Effects of strength training with elastic band programme on fitness components in young female handball players: a randomized controlled trial	2
The effect of normobaric hypoxia on acute exercise-induced changes in blood sphingoid base-1-phosphates metabolism in cyclists	2
Contemporary practices of Portuguese and Brazilian soccer coaches in designing and applying small-sided games	2
The isometric horizontal push test correlates with jumping and sprinting performance among athletes and recreationally active controls	2
Optimal velocity loss threshold for inducing post activation potentiation in track and field athletes	2
An ecological investigation of average and peak external load intensities of basketball skills and game-based training drills	2
Effects of different ischemic pressures on bar velocity during the bench press exercise: A randomized crossover trial	2
Nap improved game-related technical performance and physiological response during small-sided basketball game in professional players	2
Effects of pitch size on soccer players’ physiological, physical, technical, and tactical responses during small-sided games: a meta-analytical comparison	2
Return-to-play criteria based on infrared thermography during anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation in football players	2
Contextualised peak periods of play in English Premier League matches	2
Association of the IL1A and IL6 polymorphisms with posttraining changes in body mass, composition, and biochemical parameters in Caucasian women	2
Training periodization for a world-class 400 meters individual medley swimmer	2
The associations between physical-test performance and match performance in women’s rugby sevens players	2
Comparative analysis of standard and contrast elastic resistance band training effects on physical fitness in female adolescent handball players	2
The effects of post-hypnotic suggestion on muscular performance: an EMG study on the forearm during a static handgrip endurance test	2
Changes in salivary markers during basketball long-term and short-term training periods: a systematic review	2
A new statistical approach to training load and injury risk: separating the acute from the chronic load	2
Effects of climbing- and resistance-training on climbing-specific performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Quantification of training load across two competitive seasons in elite senior and youth male soccer players from an English Premiership club	2
Effects of post-tetanic potentiation induced by whole-body electrostimulation and post-activation potentiation on maximum isometric strength	2
The effects of varying inertial loadings on power variables in the flywheel romanian deadlift exercise	2
The effects of different ischemic conditioning on strength training recovery	2
Recreational soccer and basketball improve anthropometric, body composition and health-related outcomes in overweight and obese young adults: A randomized multi-arm study	2
Napping and heart rate variability in elite athletes	2
Effects of breathing a hyperoxic gas mixture on perceptual, biochemical and performance recovery following simulated soccer match play	2
Transfer of strength training to running mechanics, energetics, and efficiency	2
Effects of free play or artificial rules on young soccer players’ individual tactical behaviour: a one-by-one analysis	2
Influence of game and quarter results on external peak demands during games in under-18 years, male basketball players	2
Exploring sex differences in blood-based biomarkers following exhaustive exercise using bioinformatics analysis	2
Possession or position games: What is the key in soccer?	2
Resisted sprint training with partner towing improves explosive force and sprint performance in young soccer players- a pilot study	2
Reliability, criterion-concurrent validity, and construct-discriminant validity of a head-marking version of the taekwondo anaerobic intermittent kick test	2
Small-sided games in volleyball: A systematic review of the state of the art	2
Effects of melatonin ingestion on physical performance and biochemical responses following exhaustive running exercise in soccer players	2
Associations between the Big Five personality traits, testosterone, and cortisol in adolescent male athletes	2
Multi-joint isometric measurement for the evidence-based assessment of upper limb strength impairment in wheelchair athletes with different health conditions: a preliminary study	2
Relationship between vertical jump tests and ice-skating performance in junior Polish ice hockey players	2
Association analysis of the dopaminergic receptor 2 gene Tag1B rs1079597 and personality traits among a cohort of professional athletes	2