Journal of Sport and Health Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Sport and Health Science is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
One hundred marathons in 100 days: Unique biomechanical signature and the evolution of force characteristics and bone density269
The secrets to running economy254
Long-term aerobic exercise enhances circulating exosomal miR-214-3p to promote endothelial progenitor cell-mediated repair of endothelial damage induced by obesity252
Low relative sit-to-stand power is associated with history of falls and fractures, prospective hospitalization, and all-cause mortality in older adults from the Toledo study for healthy aging168
Sport and exercise during viral acute respiratory illness—Time to revisit120
Esports players, got muscle? Competitive video game players’ physical activity, body fat, bone mineral content, and muscle mass in comparison to matched controls115
Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance?112
Exercise-induced β-hydroxybutyrate contributes to cognitive improvement in aging mice112
Comparison of the effects of high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous training on inflammatory markers, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life in breast cancer patients112
Physical activity and exercise within the context of obesity treatment: Enhancing health beyond weight loss91
Editorial Board88
Commentary on “The deterministic condition for the ground reaction force acting point on the combined knee valgus and tibial internal rotation moments in the early phase of cutting maneuvers in female72
Physical activity, genetic predisposition, and incident cardiovascular disease: Prospective analyses of the UK Biobank69
Metrics of concussion-related vision disorders among children and adolescents with persisting post-concussive symptoms using an objective eye tracking device68
Exercise immunology: Novel insights68
The mechanical loading environment associated with eccentric exercise is one of the key stimuli to trigger sarcomerogenesis: It’s a stretch to say eccentric exercise does not promote serial sarcomerog67
Editorial Board66
Effects of personalized exercise prescriptions and social media delivered through mobile health on cancer survivors’ physical activity and quality of life64
A systematic review and meta-analyses of the relationships between active outdoor play and 24-hour movement behaviors 63
Biceps femoris long head sarcomere and fascicle length adaptations after 3 weeks of eccentric exercise training63
Comparative efficacy of various exercise interventions on cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis63
Association of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, grip strength, and grip strength asymmetry with incident musculoskeletal disorders in 406,080 White adults62
Prehabilitation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy results in an enhanced immune response in esophageal adenocarcinoma tumors: A randomized controlled trial61
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions on blood pressure in children and adolescents: A systematic review and network meta-analysis59
Lymphangiogenesis: A new player in the heart's adaptive response to exercise59
Acknowledgment to reviewers—November 2022 to August 202357
Benefits and harms of exercise therapy and physical activity for low back pain: An umbrella review55
Corrigendum to “Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain” [J Sport Health Sci 13 (2024) 245–255]55
Comment on “physical activity volume, intensity and life expectancy”50
Soleus arthrogenic muscle inhibition following acute lateral ankle sprain correlates with symptoms and ankle disability but not with postural control49
Impact of exercise on markers of B cell-related immunity: A systematic review48
Acknowledgment to reviewers—September 2023 to June 202446
Observations regarding open access publishing in hybrid journals in sport sciences44
Commentary on “Alexa, let's train now! A systematic review and classification approach to digital and home-based physical training interventions aiming to support healthy cognitive aging”44
Factors that affect heart rate variability following acute resistance exercise: A systematic review and meta-analysis44
Do multiparous women need to work or exercise extra hard to control gestational diabetes?44
Intensity of effort and momentary failure in resistance training: Are we asking a binary question for a continuous variable?43
Feasibility and clinical potential of exercise interventions during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal and rectal cancer42
Changes in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and self-reported cognitive function in cancer survivors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study42
Promoting men's health through sports clubs: A systematic rapid realist review41
A primer on global molecular responses to exercise in skeletal muscle: Omics in focus39
Effectiveness of statins vs. exercise on reducing postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in dyslipidemic population: A systematic review and network meta-analysis38
Lacrosse-related injuries in boys and girls treated in U.S. emergency departments, 2000–201638
Exerkine response to acute exercise: Still much to discover38
Associations of self-reported and device-assessed physical activity with fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in adults living with and beyond cancer38
Prolonged passive vibration of Achilles and patellar tendons decreases effort perception during subsequent cycling tasks37
Neurogranin as an important regulator in swimming training to improve the spatial memory dysfunction of mice with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion36
Step volume and intensity in older adults: Commentary on “Association of accelerometer-derived step volume and intensity with hospitalizations and mortality in older adults: A prospective cohort study36
Editorial Board36
Exercise training improves participation in persons with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis35
Effects of resistance training performed to repetition failure or non-failure on muscular strength and hypertrophy: A systematic review and meta-analysis35
Do people with low back pain walk differently? A systematic review and meta-analysis33
The medial septal–medial habenula cholinergic circuit: A new mechanism of exercise improving cognitive function in AD mice32
Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and incidence of macrovascular and microvascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes32
Editorial Board31
Editorial Board31
Risk management strategies for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games: The Beijing scheme31
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202231
Effects of caloric restriction with different doses of exercise on fat loss in people living with type 2 diabetes: A secondary analysis of the DOSE-EX randomized clinical trial30
Advancing pediatric exercise research: A focus on immunomics and cutting-edge technologies30
How much resistance exercise is beneficial for healthy aging and longevity?30
Endoscopic debridement for non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy with and without platelet-rich plasma29
Comment on “Global prevalence and gender inequalities in at least 60 min of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity 1 or more days per week: An analysis with 707,616 adolescents”29
The exercise-conditioned human serum and skeletal muscle cells secretome induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells29
Reduced PI3K(p110α) induces atrial myopathy, and PI3K-related lipids are dysregulated in athletes with atrial fibrillation29
Effect of older age and/or ACL injury on the dose–response relationship between ambulatory load magnitude and immediate load-induced change in serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein28
Interference screws vs. suture anchors for isolated medial patellofemoral ligament femoral fixation: A systematic review28
Effects of a school-based karate intervention on academic achievement, psychosocial functioning, and physical fitness: A multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial27
The impact of height-adjustable desks and classroom prompts on classroom sitting time, social, and motivational factors among adolescents27
Exercise promotes angiogenesis by enhancing endothelial cell fatty acid utilization via liver-derived extracellular vesicle miR-122-5p27
GEPREP: A comprehensive data atlas of RNA-seq-based gene expression profiles of exercise responses26
Practical recommendations on stretching exercise: A Delphi consensus statement of international research experts26
Metabolic cost of level, uphill, and downhill running in highly cushioned shoes with carbon-fiber plates26
Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining25
Exercise and quality of life in cancer25
Go to the back before going forward: Addressing psychological responses in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation24
Number of parous events affects the association between physical exercise and glycemic control among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study24
Load-induced human skeletal muscle hypertrophy: Mechanisms, myths, and misconceptions24
Editorial Board24
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games: Commitments to science and public health24
Effect and feasibility of wearable physical activity trackers and pedometers for increasing physical activity and improving health outcomes in cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Bidirectional relationships of physical activity and gross motor skills before and after summer break: Application of a cross-lagged panel model24
Muscle power: A simple concept causing much confusion23
Muscle strength deficits are associated with low bone mineral density in young pediatric cancer survivors: The iBoneFIT project23
Commentary on “A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing objectively measured and estimated fitness to predict all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults”23
Commentary on “Does light-intensity physical activity moderate the relationship between sitting time and adiposity markers in adolescents?”22
Does ischemic preconditioning enhance sports performance more than placebo or no intervention? A systematic review with meta-analysis22
Incidence of injuries in professional snow sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis22
Can exercise kill tumors?22
Does ergogenic effect of caffeine supplementation depend on CYP1A2 genotypes? A systematic review with meta-analysis22
Exploring the associations between skeletal muscle echogenicity and physical function in aging adults: A systematic review with meta-analyses22
Associations of adiposity and device-measured physical activity with cancer incidence: UK Biobank prospective cohort study22
Association of physical activity with risk of chronic kidney disease in China: A population-based cohort study22
Development, validation, and transportability of several machine-learned, non-exercise-based VO2max prediction models for older adults21
Influence of diet-induced obesity and voluntary exercise training on cardiac lipids and mitochondrial function in mice21
Association between physical activity and risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Influence of biological sex and exercise on murine cardiac metabolism21
Elevated brain temperature under severe heat exposure impairs cortical motor activity and executive function21
Relationship of strength training lifetime exposure with functional outcomes and mobility over 4 years: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative20
Exercise cardiac power and the risk of heart failure in men: A population-based follow-up study20
Reflections on four decades of physical activity epidemiology20
Neuromuscular, biomechanical, and energetic adjustments following repeated bouts of downhill running20
Maximizing recovery time between knock-out races improves sprint cross-country skiing performance20
Association of daily sitting time and leisure-time physical activity with body fat among U.S. adults20
External force to live long and prosper: A passive exercise classification framework20
Physical exercises for preventing injuries among adult male football players: A systematic review19
A review of public health guidelines for postpartum physical activity and sedentary behavior from around the world19
Increasing our return on investment in science: Start with better behavior19
The lasting impacts of relative energy deficiency in sport imposed on pregnancy health outcomes: A survey-based investigation19
Multiscale hamstring muscle adaptations following 9 weeks of eccentric training19
Let's get moving: The Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 calls for urgent action19
Contributions of the Cybathlon championship to the literature on functional electrical stimulation cycling among individuals with spinal cord injury: A bibliometric review18
Metabolome trajectories in male and female athletes18
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202518
Injury risk and prevention research in sports: Are titles delivering on their promises or are they just a sales pitch to capitalize on a hot topic?18
Aerobic exercise alleviates statin-induced PCSK9 upregulation by increasing epoxyeicosatrienoic acid levels through the FoxO3a–Sirt6 axis18
Exercise is medicine for type 2 diabetes: An interview with Dr. Sheri R. Colberg18
Sexual dimorphism on the acute effect of exercise in the morning vs. evening: A randomized crossover study18
Adherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines is related to a lower risk of all-cause mortality: A prospective cohort study of 14,288 participants from the SUN Project18
Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain17
Intensity modifies the association between continuous bouts of physical activity and risk of mortality: A prospective UK Biobank cohort analysis17
Exercise-induced extracellular vesicles delay tumor development by igniting inflammation in an immunologically cold triple-negative breast cancer mouse model17
Are there sensitive periods for physical activity to influence the development of executive function in children?17
Speed and surface steepness affect internal tibial loading during running17
Fitness and exercise effects on brain age: A randomized clinical trial17
The deterministic condition for the ground reaction force acting point on the combined knee valgus and tibial internal rotation moments in early phase of cutting maneuvers in female athletes17
Prevalence and correlates of meeting the muscle-strengthening exercise recommendations among Chinese children and adolescents: Results from 2019 Physical Activity and Fitness in China—The Youth Study17
Gender inequalities in physical activity among adolescents from 64 Global South countries17
Toe-out landing reduces anterior talofibular ligament strain while maintains calcaneofibular ligament strain in people with chronic ankle instability17
Anticancer effects of exercise: Insights from single-cell analysis17
Health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Signals of convergence16
The Journal of Sport and Health Science: Commemorating a decade of publishing milestones and impact16
Bioceramic arm garment does not increase diameter of brachial artery and blood flow—Compliance and biceps microcirculation in male recreational sports practitioners at rest: A single blinded randomize16
Exercise training mode effects on myokine expression in healthy adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis16
Exercise as a cancer treatment: New evidence from preclinical and early phase clinical studies16
Epidemiology of injuries in male and female youth football players: A systematic review and meta-analysis16
Eccentric exercise-induced muscle weakness abolishes sex differences in fatigability during sustained submaximal isometric contractions16
Neurophysiological correlates of interference control and response inhibition processes in children and adolescents engaging in open- and closed-skill sports15
Subpopulations of regulatory T cells are associated with subclinical atherosclerotic plaques, levels of LDL, and cardiorespiratory fitness in the elderly15
The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents: A modified Delphi consensus project with 169 experts from 50 countries and territori15
Biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture in runners: A systematic review and meta-analysis15
Associations of daily sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep with irritable bowel syndrome: A prospective analysis of 362,193 participants15
Expert consensus statement for basic research of animal exercise intervention studies in chronic disease prevention and treatment: A joint position paper of the Exercise Science branch of the Biophysi15
Sarcomerogenesis: Evidence, context and key stimuli—Response to the commentary by Power et al.14
Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and academic achievement in Australian primary school-aged children14
Peripheral actions and direct central–local communications of melanocortin 4 receptor signaling14
Examining the intrinsic foot muscles’ capacity to modulate plantar flexor gearing and ankle joint contributions to propulsion in vertical jumping14
A scoping review of methodologies for applying artificial intelligence to physical activity interventions14
Association between physical activity and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is modified by predicted cardiovascular risk: The China-PAR project14
Physical activity lowers the risk for acute respiratory infections: Time for recognition13
Back to school after lockdown: The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on children's device-based physical activity metrics13
Commentary on “The association of diet quality and physical activity with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 85,545 alder Australians: A longitudinal study”13
Effects of aerobic or resistance exercise during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on tumor response and therapy completion in women with breast cancer: The randomized controlled BENEFIT trial13
The effects of a 20-week exercise program on blood-circulating biomarkers related to brain health in overweight or obese children: The ActiveBrains project13
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202313
Lower limb suspension induces threshold-specific alterations of motor units properties that are reversed by active recovery13
Six-year trends and intersectional correlates of meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among South Korean adolescents: Korea Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2013–201813
Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races–SAFER XX12
Biomechanical analysis of the “running” vs. “conventional” diagonal stride uphill techniques as performed by elite cross-country skiers12
Large language models’ performances regarding common patient questions about osteoarthritis: A comparative analysis of ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4.0, and Perplexity12
Cardiorespiratory fitness, white blood cell count, and mortality in men and women12
Stair climbing, genetic predisposition, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: A large population-based prospective cohort study12
Iron deficiency, supplementation, and sports performance in female athletes: A systematic review12
Exercise suppresses osteoclastogenesis by increasing the secretion of muscle-derived L-β-aminoisobutyric acid12
Foam rolling and stretching do not provide superior acute flexibility and stiffness improvements compared to any other warm-up intervention: A systematic review with meta-analysis12
Effects of exercise by type and duration on quality of life in patients with digestive system cancers: A systematic review and network meta-analysis12
Managing lower extremity loading in distance running by altering sagittal plane trunk leaning12
Dose–response associations, physical activity intensity and mortality risk: A narrative review11
The effects of plyometric jump training on lower-limb stiffness in healthy individuals: A meta-analytical comparison11
Reverse–normal immunopurification: An effective approach for purifying recombinant erythropoietin from its analogues in doping analysis11
2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: A third update of the energy costs of human activities11
The effects of a supervised exercise training program during pregnancy on placental cytokines, and the potential role of fetal sex and maternal weight status11
Massive sarcomerogenesis in human skeletal muscle following long-term eccentric exercise intervention11
Countermeasures to reduce the risk of infections at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games—A balancing act11
Comment on “Does ischemic preconditioning enhance sports performance more than placebo or no intervention? A systematic review with meta-analysis”11
Association between ACTN3 R577X genotype and risk of non-contact injury in trained athletes: A systematic review11
Who could and should give exercise prescription: Physicians, exercise and health scientists, fitness trainers, or ChatGPT?11
Effects of exercise on inflammation, circulating tumor cells, and circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer10
Exercise regulates cardiac metabolism: Sex does matter10
Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) Version 1510
Is it possible to run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits without tackling social inequalities?10
Asymmetry in sprinting: The myth of perfection and the reality of performance10
Increased number of symptoms during the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in athletes is associated with prolonged time to return to full sports performance—AWARE VIII9
Content validation of the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ) in low-, middle-, and high-income countries across 6 continents9
Refining safety considerations for intradialytic blood flow restriction exercise. Commentary on “Concerns on the application of blood-flow restriction resistance exercise and thrombosis risk in hemodi9
Comment on “Development of an accelerometer age- and sex-specific approach based on population-standardized values for physical activity surveillance: A proof of concept”9
Erratum to “Biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture in runners: A systematic review and meta-analysis” [J Sport Health Sci 12 (2023) 333–342]9
Editorial Board9
Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early- to mid-adulthood9
Impact loading in female runners with single and multiple bone stress injuries during fresh and exerted conditions9
Publisher's Note9
How to make the “jump” on understanding the importance of the intrinsic foot muscles for propulsion9
Residual force enhancement decreases when scaling from the single muscle fiber to joint level in humans9
The association of diet quality and physical activity with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 85,545 older Australians: A longitudinal study9
Exercise benefits meet the esophagus8
BMAL1/PGC1α4-FNDC5/irisin axis impacts distinct outcomes of time-of-day resistance exercise8
Active video games in fully immersive virtual reality elicit moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and improve cognitive performance in sedentary college students8
How completely are randomized controlled trials of non-pharmacological interventions following concussion reported? A systematic review8
Gut Prevotella copri abundance linked to elevated post-exercise inflammation8
Effects of short- and long-term exercise training on cancer cells in vitro: Insights into the mechanistic associations8
Profiling elite male 100-m sprint performance: The role of maximum velocity and relative acceleration8
Meeting guidelines for physical activity, muscle strength, and sleep lowers mortality risk: Commentary on: “Associations between aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity, sleep duration, and8
Cerebral and muscle tissue oxygenation during exercise in healthy adults: A systematic review8
Estimates of voluntary activation in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Effects of type of stimulator, number of stimuli, and quantification technique8
Effect of resistance training volume on body adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in postmenopausal and older females: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials8
Artificial intelligence-powered social robots for promoting physical activity in older adults: A systematic review8
Editorial Board8
From London buses to activity trackers: A reflection of 70 years of physical activity research7
Longitudinal bending stiffness does not affect running economy in Nike Vaporfly Shoes7
Six-year follow-up of glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors after a one-year intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes: An extension of the randomized U-TURN trial7
Kidney betaine: A potential broad spectrum exercise mimetic against aging7
The merit of superimposed vibration for flexibility and passive stiffness: A systematic review with multilevel meta-analysis7
International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions7
Commentary on “Interplay between physical activity volume and intensity with modeled life expectancy in women and men: A prospective cohort analysis”7
Dose‒response associations of self-reported and device-measured physical activity with major adverse cardiovascular events in people with prevalent diseases7
Human development and gender inequality are associated with cardiorespiratory fitness: A global systematic review of V̇O2peak7
Ethical implications of artificial intelligence in sport: A systematic scoping review7
The influence of body posture and added mass on intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscle activation and force output during common foot strengthening exercises7
Should workers be physically active after work? Associations of leisure-time physical activity with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality across occupational physical activity levels—An individual pa7
Commentary on “Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits”7
Non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and cancer incidence: The NIH-AARP diet and health study7
Commentary on “Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and incidence of macrovascular and microvascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes”6
Chronic effects of stretching on range of motion with consideration of potential moderating variables: A systematic review with meta-analysis6
Twenty-four-hour movement guidelines during adolescence and midlife mortality6
Can changes in midsole bending stiffness of shoes affect the onset of joint work redistribution during a prolonged run?6
Epidemiology of insertional and midportion Achilles tendinopathy in runners: A prospective cohort study6
Commentary on “Multiscale hamstring muscle adaptations following 9 weeks of eccentric training”6
Grandmaternal exercise improves the metabolic health of second-generation offspring generated from F1 females6
Exercise and cancer outcomes: What do we know and where next?6
Acute effect of foot strike patterns on in vivo tibiotalar and subtalar joint kinematics during barefoot running6
Physical activity and amyloid beta in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Does eccentric exercise stimulate sarcomerogenesis?6
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines in children with mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders: Data from the 2016–2020 National Survey of Children's Health6
Mitigating climate change in sports leagues: A scenario-based analysis of travel distances in women’s and men’s amateur soccer in Germany6
Lymphangiogenesis contributes to exercise-induced physiological cardiac growth6
The effects of plyometric jump training on physical fitness attributes in basketball players: A meta-analysis6
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